A field experiment on legislators home styles: Service versus policy

Journal of Politics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 474-486

  Butler, Daniel M ^a   Karpowitz, Christopher F ^b   Pope, Jeremy C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861082150     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381611001708     Document Type: Article

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