Overreporting voting: Why it happens and why it matters

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-44

  Bernstein, Robert ^b   Chadha, Anita ^a   Montjoy, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035590808     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320036     Document Type: Article

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