An ambition-theoretic approach to legislative organizational choice

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-355

  Battista, James S Coleman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 3042574070     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298003x200917     Document Type: Review

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