The VP-function revisited: A survey of the literature on vote and popularity functions after over 40 years

Public Choice

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 367-385

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Stegmaier, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Elections; Government support; Popularity; Vote functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888346170     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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