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Do People Vote on the Basis of Minimax Regret?
dc.contributor.authorBlais, Andréen_US
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorFleury, Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.authorLapp, Miriamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T13:52:12Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T13:52:12Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlais, André; Young, Robert; Fleury, Christopher; Lapp, Miriam (1995). "Do People Vote on the Basis of Minimax Regret?." Political Research Quaterly 48(4): 827-836. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68661>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1065-9129en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68661
dc.description.abstractRational choice theory has yet to provide a satisfactory explanation of voter turnout. One such account, minimax regret, is analyzed using data from a survey involving students at two Canadian universities during the 1993 Canadian federal election campaign. While the minimax regret hypothesis is supported at the bivariate level, it fails to pass a multivariate test in which other components of the calculus of voting are included. Minimax regret appears to be little more than a rationalization on the part of those having a strong sense of duty to vote.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleDo People Vote on the Basis of Minimax Regret?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, DEARBORNen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUNIVERSITÉ DE MONTREALen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIOen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUNIVERSITÉ DE MONTREALen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68661/2/10.1177_106591299504800408.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/106591299504800408en_US
dc.identifier.sourcePolitical Research Quaterlyen_US
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