Issues and leaders as vote determinants: The case of Italy

Party Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 272-283

  Bellucci, Paolo ^a   Garzia, Diego ^b   Lewis Beck, Michael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Berlusconi's support; endogeneity and instrumental variables; leader effects; personalization of politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924856364     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068812472583     Document Type: Article

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