Strategic voting under proportional representation: Threshold insurance in German elections

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-656

  Shikano, Susumu ^a   Herrmann, Michael ^a   Thurner, Paul W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTY POLITICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THRESHOLD; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70449503036     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380902779147     Document Type: Article

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