Urban and Rural Change in West Germany
In: International journal of urban and regional research: IJURR, Volume 9, Issue 3, p. 464-465
ISSN: 0309-1317
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In: International journal of urban and regional research: IJURR, Volume 9, Issue 3, p. 464-465
ISSN: 0309-1317
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 2, p. 267-285
ISSN: 0032-3470
World Affairs Online
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 1-29
ISSN: 0304-4130
In several recent studies George Rabinowitz and his co-authors challenge the 'classical' spatial model of issue voting, the proximity model by introducing a directional model. In this article we examine whether different measurement of perceived issue positions of candidates or parties leads to diverging judgments about the predictive power of the directional model (which is claimed to be empirically superior) as compared to the proximity model, using data from the USA and Germany. The results demonstrate that the measurement preferred by Rabinowitz et al. tends to bias empirical findings in favour of directional theory. If we use a more plausible operational definition of issue positions of candidates and parties the directional model in both countries fails to turn out superior. (European Journal of Political Research / FUB)
World Affairs Online
In: International journal of urban and regional research: IJURR, Volume 6, Issue 4, p. 503-531
ISSN: 0309-1317