Business backgrounds and congressional behavior

Congress and the Presidency

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Witko, Christopher ^a   Friedman, Sally ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 57749124484     PISSN: 07343469     EISSN: 19441053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07343460809507652     Document Type: Article

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