The fox news effect: Media bias and voting

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1187-1234

  DellaVigna, Stefano ^a   Kaplan, Ethan ^a  

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EID: 34547653983     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.3.1187     Document Type: Review

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