The Relationship Between Campaign Negativity, Gender and Campaign Context

Political Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-188

  Krupnikov, Yanna ^a   Bauer, Nichole M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign negativity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894368596     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9221-9     Document Type: Article

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