@article{Elff2021-01Multi-51168,
  year={2021},
  doi={10.1017/S0007123419000097},
  title={Multilevel Analysis with Few Clusters : Improving Likelihood-Based Methods to Provide Unbiased Estimates and Accurate Inference},
  number={1},
  volume={51},
  issn={0007-1234},
  journal={British Journal of Political Science},
  pages={412--426},
  author={Elff, Martin and Heisig, Jan Paul and Schaeffer, Merlin and Shikano, Susumu}
}

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