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American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy

ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)

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Allcott, Hunt, Matthew Gentzkow, Benjamin Wittenbrink, Winter Mason, Arjun Wilkins, Natalie Jomini Stroud, Joshua A. Tucker and US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study Collective. 2026. "The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users' Emotional State." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 18 (4): 188–207.
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