How prices matter in politics: The returns to campaign advertising

Public Choice

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 357-377

  Stratmann, Thomas ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign advertising; Campaign spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350020533     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9425-z     Document Type: Article

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