Estimating policy positions from the computer coding of political texts: Results from Italy, the Netherlands and Ireland

Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 193-216

  De Vries, Miranda ^a   Giannetti, Daniela ^b   Mansergh, Lucy ^c  

^a Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85138340296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203451656-16     Document Type: Chapter

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