Political ambition and legislative behavior in the European parliament

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1015-1032

  Meserve, Stephen A ^a   Pemstein, Daniel ^a   Bernhard, William T ^a  

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

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EID: 70450192984     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609090859     Document Type: Article

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