How to analyze political attention with minimal assumptions and costs

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-228

  Quinn, Kevin M ^a   Monroe, Burt L ^b   Colaresi, Michael ^c   Crespin, Michael H ^d   Radev, Dragomir R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 73649142099     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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