Good news and bad news: Asymmetric responses to economic information

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 372-385

  Soroka, Stuart N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33646338940     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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