Targeted campaign appeals and the value of ambiguity

Journal of Politics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 520-534

  Hersh, Eitan D ^a   Schaffner, Brian F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84876198708     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381613000182     Document Type: Article

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43. Eitan D. Hersh is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511. Brian F. Schaffner is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.