Equilibrium in the spatial 'valence' model of politics

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-481

  Schofield, Norman ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elections; Stochastic model; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 7644227827     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629804046150     Document Type: Review

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