OLS is AOK for ACE: A Regression-Based Approach to Synthesizing Political Science and Behavioral Genetics Models

Political Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 383-408

  Smith, Kevin B ^a   Hatemi, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Genetic research; Political behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876912163     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-012-9192-2     Document Type: Article

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