Bias will find a way: Economic perceptions, attributions of blame, and partisan-motivated reasoning during crisis

Journal of Politics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 849-860

  Bisgaard, Martin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84960833120     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681591     Document Type: Article

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