Electoral participation and communicative voting in Europe

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-207

  Sobbrio, Francesco ^a   Navarra, Pietro ^b,c  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative voting; Electoral turnout; Multi level qualitative choices; Strategic voting; Swing voter's curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952288995     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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