The impact of the repeat-voting-habit persistence phenomenon on the probability of voting in presidential elections

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 429-440

  Cebula, Richard J ^a   Durden, Garey C ^b   Gaynor, Patricia E ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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