Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour

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Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour. / Junk, Wiebke Marie; Rasmussen, Anne.

I: West European Politics, 14.07.2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Junk, WM & Rasmussen, A 2023, 'Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour', West European Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2229710

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Junk, W. M., & Rasmussen, A. (2023). Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour. West European Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2229710

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Junk WM, Rasmussen A. Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour. West European Politics. 2023 jul. 14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2229710

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Junk, Wiebke Marie ; Rasmussen, Anne. / Are citizens responsive to interest groups? A field experiment on lobbying and intended citizen behaviour. I: West European Politics. 2023.

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