Bounded rationality and voting decisions over 160 years: Voter behavior and increasing complexity in decision-making

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Stadelmann, David ^a,b   Torgler, Benno ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; GEOMETRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RELATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896737481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084078     Document Type: Article

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