Candidate Quality and the Congressional Vote: A Causal Connection?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-253

  Kulisheck, Michael R ^a   Mondak, Jeffery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0040854799     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-3794(95)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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