Modeling heterogeneity and serial correlation in binary time-series cross-sectional data: A Bayesian multilevel model with AR(p) errors

Political Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-498

  Pang, Xun ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649359156     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpq019     Document Type: Article

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