Determinants of Voting Behavior: An Analysis of the 1997 County Magistrate and City Mayoral Elections in Taiwan

Issues and Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 41-72

  Ho, Chin Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binary variable; Indicator variable; Logistic regression; Reference category; Social psychological approach; Voting orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242319464     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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