The impact of identity and economic cues on citizens' EU support: An experimental study on the effects of party communication in the run-up to the 2009 European Parliament elections

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-603

  Maier, Michaela ^a   Adam, Silke ^b   Maier, Jürgen ^a  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campaign effects; electoral campaign research; EU attitudes; European Parliament elections; experimental research; partisan cueing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869386105     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512453957     Document Type: Article

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