Civic duty and political advertising

Economic Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 531-564

  Degan, Arianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civic duty; Expressive voting; Political advertising; Voter awareness policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875550930     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0655-1     Document Type: Article

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