Leader age, regime type, and violent international relations

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 661-685

  Horowitz, Michael ^a   McDermott, Rose ^b   Stam, Allan C ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Leaders; Psychology; Quantitative; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644444295     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002705279469     Document Type: Article

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