A unified theory of voting : directional and proximity spatial models /

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Author / Creator:	Merrill, Samuel, 1939-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Voting. Social choice. Voting -- United States. Voting -- Norway. Voting -- France. Social choice. Voting. France. Norway. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117104

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Other authors / contributors:	Grofman, Bernard.
ISBN:	051101158X 9780511011580 0511033699 9780511033698 9780511605864 0511605862 9786610420919 6610420912 0521662222 9780521662222 0521665493 9780521665490 0511151799 9780511151798 0511048939 9780511048937 1107118425 9781107118423 0511302088 9780511302084 0511172893 9780511172892
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-206) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The authors develop a unified model that incorporates voter motivations and assess its empirical predictions - for both voter choice and candidate strategy - in the US, Norway, and France. The analyses show that a combination of proximity, direction, discounting, and party ID are compatible with the mildly but not extremely divergent policies that are characteristic of many two-party and multiparty electorates.
Other form:	Print version: Merrill, Samuel, 1939- Unified theory of voting. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521662222

Table of Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Alternative Models of Issue Voting; CHAPTER 3 A Unified Model of Issue Voting: Proximity, Direction, and Intensity; CHAPTER 4 Comparing the Empirical Fit of the Directional and Proximity Models for Voter Utility Functions; CHAPTER 5 Empirical Model Fitting Using the Unified Model: Voter Utility; CHAPTER 6 Empirical Fitting of Probabilistic Models of Voter Choice in Two-Party Electorates; CHAPTER 7 Empirical Fitting of Probabilistic Models of Voter Choice in Multiparty Electorates.

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