The effects of negative political campaigns: A meta-analytic reassessment

Journal of Politics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1176-1209

  Lau, Richard R ^a   Sigelman, Lee ^b   Rovner, Ivy Brown ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348834112     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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