Sincere versus sophisticated voting in congress: Theory and evidence

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-73

  Groseclose, Tim ^a   Milyo, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 77951214255     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609990478     Document Type: Article

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39. Tim Groseclose is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Jeffrey Milyo is the Frederick A. Middlebush Chair in the Social Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211.