The nationalization of electoral cycles in the United States: A wavelet analysis

Public Choice

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 387-408

  Aguiar Conraria, Luís ^a   Magalhães, Pedro C ^b,c   Soares, Maria Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electoral cycles synchronism; Nationalization; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880510352     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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