The dynamics of diversion: The domestic implications of presidential use of force

International Interactions

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-211

  DeRouen Jr , Karl ^a   Peake, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Concern for the economy; Diversionary use of force; Media; Rally effect; Vector autoregression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142139113     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620212101     Document Type: Article

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