Suchergebnisse
Filter
151 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
SSRN
Working paper
Policy-Motivated Parties in Dynamic Political Competition
In: Journal of theoretical politics, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 9-31
ISSN: 1460-3667
We analyze a model of a dynamic political competition between two policy-motivated parties under uncertainty. The model suggests that electoral mandates matter: increasing the margin of victory in the previous election causes both parties to shift towards policies preferred by the winner, and the loser typically shifts more than the winner. The model also provides potential answers to a number of empirical puzzles in the field of electoral politics. In particular, we provide possible explanations for why close elections may lead to extreme platforms by both parties, why increased extremism in the platform of one party may lead to greater moderation in the platform of the other party, and why increasing polarization of the electorate causes winning candidates to become more sensitive to mandates. We also show that, contrary to previous findings, increasing uncertainty sometimes decreases platform divergence. Finally, we pay special attention to the proper methodology for doing numerical comparative statics analysis in computational models.
Policy-Motivated Parties in Dynamic Political Competition
In: Journal of Theoretical Politics, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 9-31
We analyze a model of a dynamic political competition between two policy-motivated parties under uncertainty. The model suggests that electoral mandates matter: increasing the margin of victory in the previous election causes both parties to shift towards policies preferred by the winner, & the loser typically shifts more than the winner. The model also provides potential answers to a number of empirical puzzles in the field of electoral politics. In particular, we provide possible explanations for why close elections may lead to extreme platforms by both parties, why increased extremism in the platform of one party may lead to greater moderation in the platform of the other party, & why increasing polarization of the electorate causes winning candidates to become more sensitive to mandates. We also show that, contrary to previous findings, increasing uncertainty sometimes decreases platform divergence. Finally, we pay special attention to the proper methodology for doing numerical comparative statics analysis in computational models. Tables, Figures, Appendixes, References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd., copyright 2007.]
Dynamic Parties and Social Turnout: An Agent‐Based Model
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 110, Heft 4, S. 1070-1094
ISSN: 1537-5390
The Authority of Supreme Court Precedent
In: Social Networks, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 16-30
SSRN
Policy-Motivated Parties in Dynamic Political Competition
In: Journal of Theoretical Politics, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 9-31
SSRN
The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years
In: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 357, No. 4, pp. 370-379, July 26, 2007
SSRN
Dynamic Parties and Social Turnout: An Agent-Based Model
In: American Journal of Sociology, Band 110, Heft 4, S. 1070-1094
SSRN
In Defense of Genopolitics
In: American political science review, Band 107, Heft 2, S. 362-374
ISSN: 0003-0554
In Defense of Genopolitics
In: American political science review, Band 107, Heft 2, S. 362-374
ISSN: 1537-5943
TheAmerican Political Science Reviewrecently published a critique of an article we published in theJournal of Politicsin 2008. In that article we showed that variants of the genes 5HTT and MAOA were significantly associated with voter turnout in a sample of 2,300 subjects from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Here, we address the critique first by conducting a replication study using an independent sample of 9,300 subjects. This study replicates the gene-environment interaction of the 5HTT gene variant with church attendance, but not the association with MAOA. We then focus on the general argument of the critique, showing that many of its characterizations of the literature in genetics and in political science are misleading or incorrect. We conclude by illustrating the ways in which genopolitics has already made a lasting contribution to the field of political science and by offering guidelines for future studies in genopolitics that are based on state-of-the-art recommendations from the field of behavior genetics.
Partisanship, Voting, and the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 71, Heft 3, S. 1157-1171
ISSN: 1468-2508
Partisanship, Voting, and the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 71, Heft 3, S. 1157-1171
ISSN: 0022-3816
Two Genes Predict Voter Turnout
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 70, Heft 3, S. 579-594
ISSN: 1468-2508
Two Genes Predict Voter Turnout
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 70, Heft 3, S. 579-594
ISSN: 0022-3816