Informational party primaries and strategic ambiguity

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-136

  Meirowitz, Adam ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Information transmission; Political parties; Primaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844277412     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629805047800     Document Type: Article

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