Partisan control, media bias, and viewer responses: Evidence from berlusconi's italy

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-481

  Durante, Ruben ^a   Knight, Brian ^b  

^a Brown University ^*  (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860708702     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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