Of shirking, outliers, and statistical artifacts: Lame-duck legislators and support for impeachment

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-162

  Lawrence, Christopher N ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Impeachment; Shirking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547838747     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912906298636     Document Type: Article

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