The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power

American Political Science Review

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 85-104

  Shepsle, Kenneth A ^a   Weingast, Barry R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84974146810     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1960780     Document Type: Article

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