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Evaluating Political Science Research: Information for Buyers and Sellers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Arthur Lupia*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego

Abstract

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Type
The Public Value of Political Research
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2000

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Footnotes

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I thank Catherine E. Rudder and Robert J-P. Hauck for proposing the symposium and for assisting me in its assemblage. I thank Matthew Holden Jr. and Paul M. Sniderman for sage advice regarding the symposium. I also thank Gary W. Cox, Paul W. Drake, James N. Druckman, Elisabeth R. Gerber, Alan C. Houston, David A. Lake, Arend Lijphart, Arthur W. Lupia Sr., Mathew D. McCubbins, and Samuel L. Popkin for their comments on previous versions of this manuscript. However, I am solely responsible for the views expressed within.

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