VotersÂ’ dissatisfaction, abstention and entropy: analysis in European countries
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Keywords
Entropy; Electoral Results; Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction of Population.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C19 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Other
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-10-13 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-HAP-2008-10-13 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-POL-2008-10-13 (Positive Political Economics)
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