Media bias and influence: Evidence from newspaper endorsements

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 795-820

  Chiang, Chun Fang ^a   Knight, Brian ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorsements; Media bias; Voting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84255182059     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdq037     Document Type: Article

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