Context-dependent voting and political ambiguity

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 565-581

  Callander, Steven ^a   Wilson, Catherine H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral political science; Context dependence; Electoral competition; Political ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949197055     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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