Mass media and public policy

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 652-663

  Strömberg, David ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elections; Information; Mass media; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; MEDIA INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0342902251     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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