Consumer Demand for Election News: The Horserace Sells

Journal of Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-175

  Lyengar, Shanto ^a   Norpoth, Helmut ^b   Hahn, Kyu S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1442306541     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2508.2004.00146.x     Document Type: Review

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