Bankrupt rhetoric: How misleading information affects knowledge about social security

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-303

  Jerit, Jennifer ^a   Barabas, Jason ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749025272     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfl010     Document Type: Article

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