General election forecasts in the United Kingdom: A political economy model

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-290

  Lewis Beck, M S ^a   Nadeau, R ^b   Belanger E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

British elections; Forecasting models; Political economy; Vote function

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942516881     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(02)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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