Mecro-economic voting: Local information and micro-perceptions of the macro-economy

Economics and Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 380-410

  Ansolabehere, Stephen ^a   Meredith, Marc ^b   Snowberg, Erik ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84908327257     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecpo.12040     Document Type: Article

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