Abstention in dynamical models of spatial voting

B.M.R. Stadler

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 287, issue 3, 660-668

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Spatial voting models; Adaptive dynamics; Abstention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00400-3

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