Events as causes: The case of American politics

Political Contingency: Studying the Unexpected, the Accidental, and the Unforeseen

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 99-137

  Mayhew, David R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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