Methods for descriptive network analysis have reached statistical maturity and general
acceptance across the social sciences in recent years. However, methods for statistical …

Party system issue agendas are formed by the topics that individual parties decide to
address, and these salience decisions are likely to be strategic. Two key strategies are …

Katz and King have previously proposed a statistical model for multiparty election data. They
argue that ordinary least-squares (OLS) regression is inappropriate when the dependent …

Global public opinion has emerged as a prominent issue in international relations. But have
US public diplomacy efforts during the post-9/11 period successfully improved foreign …

The author furthers research on the multiple streams framework (MSF) by testing hypotheses
related to the conditional nature of politics, policy, and problems streams in affecting policy …

We argue that governing status affects how voters react to extreme versus moderate policy
positions. Being in government forces parties to compromise and to accept ideologically …

The substance of politics involves competition that evolves over time. While our theories
about competition emphasize trade‐offs across multiple categories, most empirical models …

How have charter schools in Wisconsin performed relative to traditional public schools? Two
analyses provide an answer: First, a comparison of achievement test scores for students in …

We develop a robust estimator—the hyperbolic tangent (tanh) estimator—for overdispersed
multinomial regression models of count data. The tanh estimator provides accurate …

Having two votes for the same election or two simultaneous elections with different electoral
systems provides a golden opportunity to ascertain the impact of the electoral system and to …