Rethinking why people vote

The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 91-107

  Rogers, Todd ^a   Fox, Craig R ^b,c   Gerber, Alan S ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Andersen School of Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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