A model of electoral competition with abstaining voters

DOI10.1016/j.mcm.2008.05.021zbMath1187.91190MaRDI QIDQ2389788

Alexei V. Zakharov

Publication date: 18 July 2009

Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2008.05.021

zbMATH Keywords

abstention; alienation; indifference; valence; electoral competition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91A80: Applications of game theory

91B12: Voting theory

91F10: History, political science

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