The political conditioning of economic perceptions

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 194-207

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a,c   Andersen, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645137952     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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