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When Mayors Matter: Estimating the Impact of Mayoral Partisanship on City Policy

dc.contributor.authorGerber, Elisabeth Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, Daniel Jen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-09T14:56:27Z
dc.date.available2012-08-09T14:56:27Z
dc.date.issued2011-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationGerber, Elisabeth R; Hopkins, Daniel J (2011). "When Mayors Matter: Estimating the Impact of Mayoral Partisanship on City Policy." American Journal of Political Science 55(2). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92425>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0092-5853en_US
dc.identifier.issn1540-5907en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92425
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleWhen Mayors Matter: Estimating the Impact of Mayoral Partisanship on City Policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
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dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGeorgetown Universityen_US
dc.identifier.pmid20409736en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00499.xen_US
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