Voter turnout in a multidimensional policy space

Economics of Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-49

  Hortala Vallve, Rafael ^a   Esteve Volart, Berta ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Issue voting; Multidimensional policy; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251599340     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-010-0089-4     Document Type: Article

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