It can happen here: The impact of the Mumbai terror attacks on public opinion in Western Europe

Public Choice

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 213-228

  Finseraas, Henning ^a   Listhaug, Ola ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Natural experiment; Public opinion; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878899278     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-011-9895-7     Document Type: Article

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