A statistical model for multiparty electoral data

American Political Science Review

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-32

  Katz, Jonathan N ^a   King, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002470878     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2585758     Document Type: Article

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