Economic bias and ideology: Evidence from the general social survey

Journal of Private Enterprise

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-49

  Miller, Stephen C ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic belief; Voter cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751555107     PISSN: 0890913X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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