A bias towards business? Assessing interest group influence on the U.S. bureaucracy

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-139

  Yackee, Jason Webb ^a,b   Yackee, Susan Webb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645164822     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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