Voting patterns, party spending and relative location in England and Wales

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-760

  Cutts, David ^a   Webber, Don J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

2005 General Election; Political party spending; Spatial regression; Voting patterns

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77953663974     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903107744     Document Type: Article

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