Competition & turnout: the majority run-off as a natural experiment

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 699-710

  Indridason, Indridi H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

France; Majority run off systems; Rational choice; Turnout

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53349129871     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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