The optimal degree of polarization

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Ossokina, Ioulia V ^a   Swank, Otto H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elections; Policy divergence; Probabilistic voting; Voters' preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278795     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2003.02.004     Document Type: Article

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