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What Explains Openness to Intercountry Adoption?†

  1. Marijke Breuning*

Article first published online: 11 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00902.x

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Social Science Quarterly

Social Science Quarterly

Volume 94, Issue 1, pages 113–130, March 2013

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Breuning, M. (2013), What Explains Openness to Intercountry Adoption?. Social Science Quarterly, 94: 113–130. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00902.x

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  1. University of North Texas

*Direct correspondence to Marijke Breuning, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305340, Denton, TX 76209 〈marijke.breuning@unt.edu〉.

  1. †

    The author will share all data and coding information with those wishing to replicate the study. Many thanks to Christine Balarezo, Jacqueline DeMeritt, John Ishiyama, and Will Miller for sharing their insights on earlier drafts of this article, and to the editors and anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback.

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  1. Issue published online: 4 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 11 SEP 2012

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