Strategic extremism: Why republicans and democrats divide on religious values

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1283-1330

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Ponzetto, Giacomo A M ^a   Shapiro, Jesse M ^a  

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EID: 31444437070     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355305775097533     Document Type: Review

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