Hyperaccountability: Economic voting in Central and Eastern Europe

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-546

  Roberts, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Eastern Europe; Economic voting

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COMMUNISM; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44649133136     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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