Preference formation

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-24

  Druckman, James N ^a   Lupia, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Belief formation; On line processing; Persuasion; Preference reversals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034360826     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.3.1.1     Document Type: Review

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