Comparing strategic voting under FPTP and PR

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-90

  Abramson, Paul R ^a   Aldrich, John H ^b   Blais, André ^c   Diamond, Matthew ^d   Diskin, Abraham ^e   Indridason, Indridi H ^f   Lee, Daniel J ^a   Levine, Renan ^g  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Community Midrasha of Durham Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Proportional representation; Rational choice; Strategic scrutiny; Tactical voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749114574     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414009341717     Document Type: Article

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