Party competition : an agent-based model / Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti.
| Author/creator | Laver, Michael, 1949- |
| Other author | Sergenti, Ernest. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Princeton studies in complexity Princeton studies in complexity. ^A391421 |
| Contents | Modeling multiparty competition -- Spatial dynamics of political competition -- A baseline ABM of party competition -- Systematically interrogating agent-based models -- Benchmarking the baseline model -- Endogenous parties, interaction of different decision rules -- New decision rules, new rule features -- The evolutionary dynamics of decision rule selection -- Nonpolicy factors in party competition -- Party leaders with policy preferences -- Using theoretical models to analyze real party systems -- In conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011005333 |
| ISBN | 9780691139036 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691139032 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780691139043 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691139040 (pbk. : alk. paper) |