Partisan impacts on the economy: Evidence from prediction markets and close elections

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 807-829

  Snowberg, Erik ^a   Wolfers, Justin ^a   Zitzewitz, Eric ^a  

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EID: 34249861640     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.2.807     Document Type: Article

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