Television and voter turnout

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 931-972

  Gentzkow, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33746614333     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.3.931     Document Type: Review

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