Expected Closeness and Turnout: An Empirical Analysis for the German General Elections, 1983-1994

Public Choice

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-25

  Kirchgässner, Gebhard ^a   Zu Himmern, Anne Meyer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0042728386     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004968816775     Document Type: Article

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