Communication, influence, and informational asymmetries among voters

Political Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 763-787

  Ahn, T K ^a   Huckfeldt, Robert ^b   Ryan, John Barry ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Heuristics; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956626882     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2010.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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