Media and political persuasion: Evidence from Russia

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3253-3285

  Enikolopov, Ruben ^a   Petrova, Maria ^a   Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina ^b  

^a NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 83755220409     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.7.3253     Document Type: Article

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