When deliberation produces extremism

Critical Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-252

  Schkade, David ^a   Sunstein, Cass R ^b   Hastie, Reid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77957722686     PISSN: 08913811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2010.508634     Document Type: Article

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