Do UN interventions cause peace Using matching to improve causal inference

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-122

  Gilligan, Michael J ^a   Sergenti, Ernest J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67651034492     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00007051     Document Type: Article

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