Sweating the vote: Heat and abstention in the US house of representatives

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-77

  Cohen, Alexander ^a  

^a Ashford University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84855573268     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096511001727     Document Type: Article

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