Everyone likes a winner: An empirical test of the effect of electoral closeness on turnout in a context of expressive voting

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 383-405

  Ashworth, John ^a   Geys, Benny ^b   Heyndels, Bruno ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 33645120823     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-005-9006-8     Document Type: Article

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