Strategic auditing in a political hierarchy: An informational model of the supreme court's certiorari decisions

American Political Science Review

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-116

  Cameron, Charles M ^b   Segal, Jeffrey A ^a   Songer, Donald R ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0034146845     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2586383     Document Type: Article

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