MPs for sale? returns to office in postwar British politics

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-533

  Eggers, Andrew C ^a   Hainmueller, Jens ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 73949122502     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990190     Document Type: Article

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