Rational exuberance: The stock market and public support for social security privatization

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-61

  Barabas, Jason ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645166622     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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