Electoral forecasting in France: A multi-equation solution

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Nadeau, Richard ^a   Lewis Beck, Michael S ^b   Bélanger, Éric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Election forecasting; France; Presidential elections; Two step model

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149092290     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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