Scaling politically meaningful dimensions using texts and votes

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 754-771

  Lauderdale, Benjamin E ^a   Clark, Tom S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903584999     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12085     Document Type: Article

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