Spatial models of political competition with endogenous political parties

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1485, 2007, Pages 1711-1721

  Laver, Michael ^a   Schilperoord, Michel ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Citizen satisfaction; Endogenous parties; Party competition; Policy positions; Updating

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTION; GEOPOLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548566258     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2062     Document Type: Article

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