A Theory of the Calculus of Voting
- W. Riker, P. Ordeshook
- EconomicsAmerican Political Science Review
- 1 March 1968
Much recent theorizing about the utility of voting concludes that voting is an irrational act in that it usually costs more to vote than one can expect to get in return.1 This conclusion is doubtless…
Ethnic Heterogeneity, District Magnitude, and the Number of Parties
- P. Ordeshook, Olga Shvetsova
- Economics
- 1 February 1994
Recent events leading to the importation of democratic ideas and ideals by previously totalitarian states increase our interest in the ways in which electoral institutions influence party systems.…
The Forensics of Election Fraud: Russia and Ukraine
- M. Myagkov, P. Ordeshook, Dimitri Shakin
- Business, Computer Science
- 27 April 2009
A forensics approach to detecting election fraud and the fingerprints of fraud in Russia, Ukraine and the United States.
An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process
- O. Davis, M. Hinich, P. Ordeshook
- EconomicsAmerican Political Science Review
- 1 June 1970
The fundamental process of politics is the aggregation of citizens' preferences into a collective—a social—choice. We develop, interpret, and explain non-technically in this expository essay the…
Game Theory And Political Theory
- P. Ordeshook
- Economics
- 1 December 1987
Formal political theory seeks to develop formal, mathematical models of political and economic processes. This book attempts to integrate the last twenty years of development in this field. Professor…
Models of strategic choice in politics
- P. Ordeshook
- Sociology
- 1989
Discusses the sophisticated application of game theory to the development of contemporary political theory.
Designing Federalism: A Theory of Self-Sustainable Federal Institutions
- M. Filippov, P. Ordeshook, Olga Shvetsova
- Political Science
- 2004
1. Federations and the theoretical problem: 1.1 Why Federalism 1.2 Definitions 1.3 The long search for stability Federalism as nuisance Federalism as engine of prosperity Riker as intermediary 1.4…
Elections with limited information: A fulfilled expectations model using contemporaneous poll and endorsement data as information sources
- R. McKelvey, P. Ordeshook
- Economics
- 1 June 1985
Campaign Resource Allocations Under the Electoral College
- C. Colantoni, T. Levesque, P. Ordeshook
- EconomicsAmerican Political Science Review
- 1 March 1975
This essay addresses the question: Why does the Electoral College bias campaign resource allocations in favor of large states? Using data on candidate trips as well as estimates of the time…
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