Understanding interaction models: Improving empirical analyses

Political Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-82

  Brambor, Thomas ^a   Clark, William Roberts ^b   Golder, Matt ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31044445688     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpi014     Document Type: Article

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