Endogenous economic voting: Evidence from the 1997 British election

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-708

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a   Mendes, Silvia M ^b   Tverdova, Yuliya V ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Economic perceptions; Economic voting; Elections; Endogeneity; Great Britain; Panel surveys

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7444245549     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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