Empirical Analyses of a Spatial Model of Voter Preferences

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dc.contributor.authorMatje, Thorstenen
dc.contributor.committeechairTideman, Nicolausen
dc.contributor.committeememberPlassman, Florenzen
dc.contributor.committeememberBall, Sheryl B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBahel, Eric A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTsang, Kwok Pingen
dc.contributor.departmentEconomics, Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-07T09:00:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-12-07T09:00:19Zen
dc.date.issued2016-12-06en
dc.description.abstractTo properly analyze the advantages and disadvantages of voting rules, and how well the outcomes that they yield reflect voters' preferences, one needs very large data sets, since paradoxes that occur very rarely may have large impacts. Since such amounts of election data are currently unavailable, it is important to be able to use random procedures to generate data that have the same statistical characteristics as real election data. It is the purpose of this work to identify a statistical characterization of voting data, to empower researchers to use random procedures to generate data that is statistically indistinguishable from real voting data.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:9227en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/73579en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPublic Choiceen
dc.subjectStatistical Analysisen
dc.subjectVotingen
dc.titleEmpirical Analyses of a Spatial Model of Voter Preferencesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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