Reliability and validity of the 2002 and 2006 Chapel Hill expert surveys on party positioning

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 687-703

  Hooghe, Liesbet ^a,c   Bakker, Ryan ^b   Brigevich, Anna ^c   De Vries, Catherine ^d   Edwards, Erica ^c,e   Marks, Gary ^a,c   Rovny, Jan ^c   Steenbergen, Marco ^f   Vachudova, Milada ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77955036097     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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