Rational choice and the dynamics of collective political action: Evaluating alternative models with panel data

American Political Science Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-49

  Finkel, Steven E ^a   Muller, Edward N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0032018623     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2585927     Document Type: Article

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