If you can't join 'em, beat 'em: The gender gap in individual donations to congressional candidates

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 581-593

  Crespin, Michael H ^a   Deitz, Janna L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; legislative studies; women and politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957324108     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909333131     Document Type: Article

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