Information, polarization and term length in democracy

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1078-1091

  Schultz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accountability; Democracy; Information; Polarization; Term lengths; Term limits; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849094264     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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