Assets and risk: A neglected dimension of economic voting

French Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-119

  Nadeau, Richard ^a   Foucault, Martial ^a   Lewis Beck, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

assets and risk; economic voting; France; presidential elections; voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959324341     PISSN: 14763419     EISSN: 14763427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fp.2011.5     Document Type: Article

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