Holding governments accountable? Individual heterogeneity in performance voting

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-362

  De Vries, Catherine E ^a   Giger, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Government accountability; Individual heterogeneity; Performance voting; Political sophistication and salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897431494     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12033     Document Type: Article

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