Estimating Dynamic State Preferences from United Nations Voting Data

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 430-456

  Bailey, Michael A ^a   Strezhnev, Anton ^b   Voeten, Erik ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

international cooperation; international institutions; international law; international organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008690423     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002715595700     Document Type: Article

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