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Working Paper |
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Author:
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McKelvey, Richard D.; Ordeshook, Peter C. |
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Date:
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1987 |
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California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
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Social Science Working Papers, no. 657 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5845
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Theory |
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Subject(s):
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spatial theory
committees
research--experimental
elections--models
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Abstract:
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"The Euclidean representation of political issues and alternative outcomes, and the associated representation of preferences as quasi-concave utility functions is by now a staple of formal models of committees and elections. This theoretical development, moreover, is accompanied by a considerable body of experimental research.
We can view that research in two ways: as a test of the basic propositions about equilibria in specific institutional settings, and as an attempt to gain insights into those aspects of political processes that are poorly understood or imperfectly modeled, such as the robustness of theoretical results with respect to procedural
details and bargaining environments. This essay reviews that research so that we can gain some sense of its overall import."
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