Conditional Spatial Policy Dependence: Theory and Model Specification

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 819-849

  Neumayer, Eric ^a,b   Plümper, Thomas ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diffusion; exposure; responsiveness; row standardization; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862245476     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011429066     Document Type: Article

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