Support for free trade: Self-interest, sociotropic politics, and out-group anxiety

International Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-457

  Mansfield, Edward D ^a   Mutz, Diana C ^a  

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EID: 74549188463     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818309090158     Document Type: Article

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