American voter to economic voter: Evolution of an idea

Electoral Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-631

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Stegmaier, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American voter; Economic voting; Economics and elections; Political behavior

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTION; TEXTBOOK; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350754666     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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