Abstention in dynamical models of spatial voting
We consider a model of platform adaptation in spatial voting focussing on the effect of abstention on the stability of the mean voter equilibrium. Two distinct approaches for modeling abstention are explored: (1) voters abstain if party platforms are very much similar to each other and (2) voters abstain if both party platforms are far away from their ideal points.
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2000
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Authors: | Stadler, B.M.R. |
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Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 287.2000, 3, p. 660-668
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Spatial voting models | Adaptive dynamics | Abstention |
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