The importance of being first: Effects of candidates' list positions in the 2003 Bavarian state election

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Faas, Thorsten ^a   Schoen, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballot position effects; Bavaria; Electoral systems; Germany; State elections

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33344474206     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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