Who's afraid of the big, bad firm: The impact of economic scale on political participation

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 678-699

  Humphries, Stan ^a  

^a EXPEDIA GROUP   (United States)

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EID: 0035534506     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2669245     Document Type: Article

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