Do Citizens Link Attitudes with Preferences? Economic Inequality and Government Spending in the "New Gilded Age"

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 468-485

  Hayes, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84899689133     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12015     Document Type: Article

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