The 1998 French regional elections: Why so much political instability?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 219-236

  Jerôme, Bruno ^a,b   Jerôme Speziari, Véronique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Election forecasting; Fiscal federalism; French regional elections; Local political economy; Vote and popularity functions

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

FRANCE;

EID: 0343130525     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00049-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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