Do ads influence editors? Advertising and bias in the financial media

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-227

  Reuter, Jonathan ^a   Zitzewitz, Eric ^a  

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EID: 33644850715     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2006.121.1.197     Document Type: Article

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