Effects of Horse-Race Coverage on Campaign Coffers: Strategic Contributing in Presidential Primaries

The Journal of Politics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1015-1042

  Mutz, Diana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84976088824     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960400     Document Type: Article

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63. Diana C. Mutz is associate professor of political science, journalism, and mass communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.