An entropy measure of uncertainty in vote choice

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-392

  Gill, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy measure; Heteroscedastic probit; Spatial preferences; Uncertainty; Vote choice

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ROLE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144383546     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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