Thin-slice forecasts of gubernatorial elections

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-536

  Benjamin, Daniel J ^a   Shapiro, Jesse M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70349219908     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.3.523     Document Type: Article

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