Hypothesis testing for group structure in legislative networks

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-243

  Kirkland, Justin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative legislatures; Legislative behavior; Legislative politics; Methodology; Network analysis; Quantitative methods; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890236892     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440012473842     Document Type: Article

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