Does discussion group composition affect policy preferences? Results from three randomized experiments

Political Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-647

  Farrar, Cynthia ^a   Green, Donald P ^a   Green, Jennifer E ^a   Nickerson, David W ^b   Shewfelt, Steven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity; Deliberation; Group discussion; Group effects; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149156146     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2009.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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