MASS MEDIA AND SOCIAL CHANGE: CAN WE USE TELEVISION TO FIGHT POVERTY?

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 791-827

  La Ferrara, Eliana ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84979072229     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12181     Document Type: Article

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