Can learning constituency opinion affect how legislators vote? Results from a field experiment

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-83

  Butler, Daniel M ^a   Nickerson, David W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 80052092916     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00011019     Document Type: Article

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