How the world votes: The political consequences of ballot design, innovation and manipulation

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 570-598

  Reynolds, Andrew ^a   Steenbergen, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; LITERACY; SYMBOLISM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748211156     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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