@article{Sieberer2019-08Bondi-44554,
  year={2019},
  doi={10.1111/lsq.12231},
  title={Bonding in Pursuit of Policy Goals : How MPs Choose Political Parties in the Legislative State of Nature},
  number={3},
  volume={44},
  issn={0362-9805},
  journal={Legislative Studies Quarterly},
  pages={455--486},
  author={Sieberer, Ulrich and Herrmann, Michael}
}

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