Economic judgments, party choice, and voter abstention in cross-national perspective

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1290-1309

  Tillman, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced industrial democracies; Clarity of responsibility; Economic voting; Voter participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049116115     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414007308539     Document Type: Article

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