The frog pond beauty contest: Physical attractiveness and electoral success of the constituency candidates at the North Rhine-Westphalia state election of 2005

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-79

  Rosar, Ulrich ^a   Klein, Markus ^a   Beckers, Tilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 37349126635     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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