The conditioned impact of recession news: A time-series analysis of economic communication in the United States, 1987-1996

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-36

  Denis Wu, H ^c   Stevenson, Robert L ^a   Chen, Hsiao Chi ^d   Nuray Guner Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0345446619     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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