Bandwagons and momentum in sequential voting

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 653-684

  Callander, Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250742494     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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