Geographic proximity versus institutions: Evaluating borders as real political boundaries

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-823

  Cho, Wendy K Tam ^a   Nicley, Erinn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Elections; Geographic context; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial regression analysis; U.S. states; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349119816     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08316701     Document Type: Article

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