Citizen information, election outcomes and good governance

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-44

  Toka, Gabor ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Elections; Governance; Information shortcuts; Political knowledge; Vote choice

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 39849105530     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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