EU issue voting: Asset or liability?: How European integration affects parties' electoral fortunes

European Union Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-117

  de Vries, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU issue voting; European integration; Political parties; Two step hierarchical estimation; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649262453     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116509353456     Document Type: Article

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