When Mayors Matter: Estimating the Impact of Mayoral Partisanship on City Policy

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-339

  Gerber, Elisabeth R ^a   Hopkins, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953277709     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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