Democracy and opinion falsification: Towards a new Austrian political economy

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-246

  Wohlgemuth, Michael ^a,b  

^a Walter Eucken Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

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EID: 0006123276     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016156332351     Document Type: Review

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