Economics, party, and the vote: Causality issues and panel data

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-95

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a   Nadeau, Richard ^b   Elias, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 38549172099     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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