A valence model of political competition in Britain: 1992-1997

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-370

  Schofield, Norman ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral models; Logit and probit estimation; Mean voter theorem

Indexed keywords

VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18144415871     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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