Is voter competence good for voters?: Information, rationality, and democratic performance

American Political Science Review

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-587

  Ashworth, Scott ^a   Bueno De Mesquita, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84907366593     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055414000264     Document Type: Article

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