Technology and voter intent: Evidence from the California recall election

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 674-683

  Dee, Thomas S ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 36448980643     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.4.674     Document Type: Article

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