Optimal effort allocation by U.S. Senators: The role of constituency size

Public Choice

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Atlas, Cary M ^a   Hendershott, Robert J ^b   Zupan, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031524351     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017960001456     Document Type: Article

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