How words and money cultivate a personal vote: The effect of legislator credit claiming on constituent credit allocation

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-719

  Grimmer, Justin ^a   Messing, Solomon ^a   Westwood, Sean J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873914020     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000457     Document Type: Article

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