Unintentional gerrymandering: Political geography and electoral bias in legislatures

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-269

  Chen, Jowei ^a   Rodden, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883482343     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00012033     Document Type: Article

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