Economic voting in U.S. presidential elections: Who blames whom for what

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 497-521

  Eisenberg, Daniel ^a   Ketcham, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic voting; President; Presidential election

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444302922     PISSN: 15380653     EISSN: 15380653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0653.1285     Document Type: Review

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