The Limits of Ecological Inference: The Case of Split-Ticket Voting

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-171

  Cho, Wendy K Tam ^a   Gaines, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 1442279501     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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