House party switchers and committee assignments: Who gets "what, when, how?"

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-406

  Yoshinaka, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746480831     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3162/036298005X201608     Document Type: Review

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