Personality and turnout: Results from the Finnish longitudinal studies

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-306

  Mattila, Mikko ^a   Wass, Hanna ^a   Söderlund, Peter ^b   Fredriksson, Sami ^a   Fadjukoff, Päivi ^c   Kokko, Katja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 80054058237     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2011.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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