Victory margins and the paradox of voting

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 817-841

  Castanheira, Micael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paradox of voting; Poisson games; Rational voter hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142055965     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(03)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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