When self-interest matters

Political Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 541-570

  Chong, Dennis ^a   Citrin, Jack ^b   Conley, Patricia ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy preferences; Priming effects; Self interest; Symbolic values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616095     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895X.00253     Document Type: Article

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