Economic Conditions and the Vote for Incumbent Parties in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic from 1990 to 1996

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-331

  Tucker, Joshua A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035572298     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2001.10641506     Document Type: Article

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