Publication bias in two political behavior literatures

American Politics Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-613

  Gerber, Alan S ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^b   Dowling, Conor M ^a   Doherty, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Negative advertising; Political behavior; Publication bias; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954227595     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X09350979     Document Type: Article

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