A Foot in the Door: An Experimental Study of PAC and Constituency Effects on Access

Journal of Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 534-549

  Chin, Michelle L ^a   Bond, Jon R ^a   Geva, Nehemia ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937332379     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00024     Document Type: Article

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