QCA: A package for qualitative comparative analysis

R Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-97

  Thiem, Alrik ^a   Duşa, Adrian ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

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EID: 84883233781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2013-009     Document Type: Article

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