Positional issues, valence issues and the economic geography of voting in British elections

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-126

  Pattie, Charles ^a   Johnston, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Electoral geography; Valence politics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249021945     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm032     Document Type: Article

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