Do the advantages of incumbency advantage incumbents?

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1481-1498

  Gordon, Sanford C ^a   Landa, Dimitri ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450250307     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609990223     Document Type: Article

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