A Consistency Theory of Public Opinion and Political Choice: The Hypothesis of Menu Dependence

Studies in Public Opinion: Attitudes, Nonattitudes, Measurement Error, and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 337-357

  Sniderman, Paul M ^a   Bullock, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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