Choosing not to choose: On the link between information and abstention

Economics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-265

  Coupé, Tom ^a   Noury, Abdul G ^b  

^a Economics Education/Research Center   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abstention; Information; Roll off

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042602336     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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