Why Do Individuals Vote? A Cross-National Test of Competing Theories.

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Brief Overview

I am testing the competing theories of political participation, i.e., Civic duty, Expressive behavior and Altruism. I use survey data from a number of European countries. I test them as competitive explanations, by using the Vuong and Clarke tests.

Author

• Richard Jankowski, SUNY at Fredonia