Party power or preferences? Quasi-experimental evidence from American state legislatures

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 799-811

  Cox, Gary W ^a   Kousser, Thad ^b   McCubbins, Mathew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957270137     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381610000174     Document Type: Article

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