"don't go changing to try and please me": A preference-consistency analysis on trade policy in the u.s. house

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-99

  Peake, Jeffrey S ^a   Jackson, David J ^a   Biglaiser, Glen ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249154109     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460709507668     Document Type: Article

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