Forecasting partisan dynamics in Europe

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-115

  Jerôme, Bruno ^a   Jerôme Speziari, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Elections; Europe; Forecasting; Partisan cycle; Political business cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149087927     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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