The cost of racial animus on a black candidate: Evidence using Google search data

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-40

  Stephens Davidowitz, Seth ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Google; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903901811     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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