Democracy with group identity

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 274-287

  Hillman, Arye L ^a,b   Metsuyanim, Kfir ^c   Potrafke, Niklas ^d,e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c State of Israel   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Expressive voting; Instrumental voting; Local government; Voter decisiveness; Voting turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964200027     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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