Ordinary economic voting behavior in the extraordinary election of Adolf Hitler

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 951-996

  King, Gary ^a   Rosen, Ori ^b   Tanner, Martin ^c   Wagner, Alexander F ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ELECTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57049139265     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000788     Document Type: Article

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