TY - JOUR
T1 - Number of parties, endogenous partisan preferences, and electoral turnout rates
T2 - A stochastic equilibrium analysis
AU - Martin, Christian W.
AU - Plümper, Thomas
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - This article analyzes the impact of the number of parties on turnout rates within an endogenous partisan preference framework. Our results show that the turnout increases in the number of parties under various levels of individual propensity to abstain. We find strong interactions effects between both motives for abstention - alienation and indifference - and the abstention propensity. The results are based on an agent-based computer simulation of multiparty electoral competition in a two-dimensional policy space.
AB - This article analyzes the impact of the number of parties on turnout rates within an endogenous partisan preference framework. Our results show that the turnout increases in the number of parties under various levels of individual propensity to abstain. We find strong interactions effects between both motives for abstention - alienation and indifference - and the abstention propensity. The results are based on an agent-based computer simulation of multiparty electoral competition in a two-dimensional policy space.
KW - Agent-based computer simulation
KW - Disequilibrium model
KW - Electoral abstention
KW - Endogenous partisan preferences
KW - Voting behavior
U2 - 10.1177/0894439305275856
DO - 10.1177/0894439305275856
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:23444456948
SN - 0894-4393
VL - 23
SP - 347
EP - 359
JO - Social Science Computer Review
JF - Social Science Computer Review
IS - 3
ER -