Strategy, careers, and judicial decisions: Lessons from the bolivian courts

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-295

  Pérez Liñán, Aníbal ^a   Ames, Barry ^a   Selingson, Mitchell A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646376961     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Review

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