Polls that mattered: Effects of media polls on voters' coalition expectations and party preferences in the 2005 German parliamentary election

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-325

  Faas, Thorsten ^a   MacKenrodt, Christian ^b,c   Schmitt Beck, Rdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c GfK Market Research ^*

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EID: 51149084527     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edn034     Document Type: Article

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