A Test of the Predictive Dimensions Model in Spatial Voting Theory.

B-Tier
Journal: Public Choice
Year: 1994
Volume: 78
Issue: 2
Pages: 155-69

Authors (2)

Enelow, James M (not in RePEc) Hinich, Melvin J

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We model correlated voter-candidate issue data within the framework of the Enelow-Hinich spatial model of predictive dimensions. The empirical consequences of this model of the issue data are surprising and allow for an indirect test of the Enelow-Hinich spatial model. The central prediction of the correlated data model we construct, which depends critically on the underlying spatial model, is tested with issue data from the 1980 NES pre-election interview. The test results are highly supportive of the model's predictions. We conclude both that the spatial model of predictive dimensions is empirically supported and that candidate spatial locations estimated by the model are not an artifact of correlated voter-candidate issue data. Copyright 1994 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:pubcho:v:78:y:1994:i:2:p:155-69
Journal Field
Public
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-02-02