Yes, Ronald Reagan's Rhetoric Was Unique—But Statistically, How Unique?

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-513

  Schonhardt Bailey, Cheryl ^a   Yager, Edward ^b   Lahlou, Saadi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898029787     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2012.03990.x     Document Type: Article

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