Do People Care About Democracy? An Experiment Exploring the Value of Voting Rights

Public Choice

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-47

  Güth, Werner ^a   Weck Hannemann, Hannelore ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0042227501     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004972900845     Document Type: Article

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