Citizen (Dis)satisfaction: An experimental equivalence framing study

Public Administration Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 469-478

  Olsen, Asmus Leth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84928305290     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12337     Document Type: Article

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