Partisan identities and interpretations of economic data

David Doherty; Kathryn Hansen

doi:10.1080/21565503.2020.1864420

Partisan identities and interpretations of economic data

David Doherty
, Kathryn Hansen

Department of Political Science

Loyola University Chicago

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Original language	American English
Journal	Politics, Groups, and Identities
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2020.1864420
State	Published - Jan 5 2021

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Economics
Political Science

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