Reasoning about interference between units: A general framework

Political Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-124

  Bowers, Jake ^a   Fredrickson, Mark M ^a   Panagopoulos, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872403569     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mps038     Document Type: Article

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