Who voted for Brexit? Individual and regional data combined

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2019, Pages 132-150

  Alabrese, Eleonora ^a   Becker, Sascha O ^a   Fetzer, Thiemo ^a   Novy, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Ecological fallacy; European Union; Populism; Referendum; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053015679     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.08.002     Document Type: Article

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