Economics and government popularity in Ghana

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Youde, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African elections; Economic voting; Political popularity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ELECTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8744271070     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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