Introduction: Rational data choice

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 410-416

  Mudde, Cas ^a   Schedler, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 77953046925     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912910371286     Document Type: Article

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