Sense of Control and Voting: A Genetically-Driven Relationship

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1236-1252

  Littvay, Levente ^a   Weith, Paul T ^a   Dawes, Christopher T ^b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864966055     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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