Tactical voting in plurality elections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Araújo, Nuno A M ^a   Andrade Jr , José S ^b   Herrmann, Hans J ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; ELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BRAZIL; CANADA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958523718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012446     Document Type: Article

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