Economic voting under the economic crisis: Evidence from Greece

Electoral Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-505

  Nezi, Roula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Economic perceptions; Economic voting; Elections; Greece

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MACROECONOMICS; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE ROLE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

GREECE;

EID: 84864306838     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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