Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government?

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-286

  Martins, Rodrigo ^a   Veiga, Francisco José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

D72; H7; Legislative elections; Portugal; Turnout; Vote shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907689393     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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