Election turnout statistics in many countries: Similarities, differences, and a diffusive field model for decision-making

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Borghesi, Christian ^a   Raynal, Jean Claude ^a   Bouchaud, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b Capital Fund Management   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEXICO; POLAND; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS;

EID: 84861217498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036289     Document Type: Article

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