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Information and elections /

R. Michael Alvarez examines how voters make their decisions in presidential elections. He begins with the assumption that voters have neither the incentive nor the inclination to be well-informed about politics and presidential candidates. Candidates themselves have incentives to provide ambiguous i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998.
Edición:Rev. to include the 1996 presidential election.
Colección:Michigan studies in political analysis.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Elections, Information, and Campaigns
  • 3. The Theory of Uncertainty and Elections
  • 4. Measuring Uncertainty
  • 5. Modeling Uncertainty and Voting
  • 6. The Causes of Uncertainty
  • 7. Information, Issues, and Candidate Evaluations
  • 8. Information and Voting Decisions
  • 9. Campaigns and Uncertainty
  • 10. The Dynamics of Uncertainty
  • 11. Information and Elections
  • 12. Uncertainty and Issues in the 1996 Campaign
  • Appendixes
  • A. Data and Models for Chapter 4
  • B. Derivations for Chapter 5C. Data and Models for Chapter 6
  • D. Data and Models for Chapter 7
  • E. Data and Models for Chapter 8
  • F. Data and Models for Chapter 12
  • References
  • Index