The price of leadership: Campaign money and the polarization of congressional parties

Journal of Politics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 992-1005

  Heberlig, Eric ^a   Hetherington, Marc ^b   Larson, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85047698976     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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