What did I leave out? Omitted variables in regression and qualitative comparative analysis

Claudio M. Radaelli1, Claudius Wagemann2
1Department of Politics, Centre for European Governance, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
2Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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