Deconstructing the 2004 presidential election forecasts: The fiscal model and the Campbell collection compared

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Cuzán, Alfred G ^a   Bundrick, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 18444391833     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096505056398     Document Type: Article

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