Economics, Elections, and Voting Behavior

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Linn, Suzanna ^a   Nagler, Jonathan ^b   Morales, Marco A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate economy; Divided government; Economic voting; Elections; Pocketbook voting; Sociotropic voting; Voters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897029067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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