The dynamics of locally adaptive parties under spatial voting

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-189

  Miller, J H ^a,b   Stadler, P F ^b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

C61; C62; C63; D72; Dynamics; Local adaptation; Search; Spatial voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040250356     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(98)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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