The merits of Neo-Downsian modeling of the alternative vote: A reply to Horowitz

Public Choice

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Fraenkel, Jon ^a   Grofman, Bernard ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative vote; Elections; Ethnic conflict; Fiji; Social choice; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548582100     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9156-y     Document Type: Article

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