The legislative median and partisan policy

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-29

  Wiseman, Alan E ^a   Wright, John R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congress; Elections; Median voter; Parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849028534     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: 14603667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629807084037     Document Type: Article

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