Do political protests matter? Evidence from the tea party movement

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1633-1685

  Madestam, Andreas ^a   Shoag, Daniel ^b   Veuger, Stan ^c   Yanagizawa Drott, David ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULAR PROTEST; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885825610     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt021     Document Type: Article

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