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An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in News Consumption

Christine Benesch Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Pages 147-167 | Received 29 Apr 2011, Accepted 01 Mar 2012, Published online: 13 Sep 2012

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