Policy emulation or policy convergence? Potential ambiguities in the dyadic event history approach to state policy emulation

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1125-1140

  Boehmke, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 70450177886     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609090926     Document Type: Article

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