Do voters vote in line with their policy preferences?-The role of information

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 681-721

  Nordin, Mattias ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; INFORMATION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84942247437     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifu012     Document Type: Article

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