Uninformed citizens and support for free trade

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-476

  Medrano, Juan Díez ^a   Braun, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUT BARCELONA D ESTUDIS INTERNACIONALS IBEI   (Spain)

^b GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

bounded rationality; public opinion; Support for free trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865070444     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.561127     Document Type: Article

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