Triangulating political responsibility: The motivated formation of responsibility judgments

Political Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-122

  Rudolph, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic perceptions; Motivated reasoning; Partisan bias; Responsibility judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047692855     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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