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Legislator Preference Estimation

Legislator Preference Estimation is a methodological framework in political science that, within the domain of roll-call voting analysis, uses observed voting behavior to infer the underlying ideological positions or policy preferences of individual legislators based on statistical or computational models.

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2017–2026

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The Statistical Analysis of Roll Call Data

Joshua D. Clinton, Simon Jackman, Douglas Rivers · American Political Science Review · 2004 · 1.2K citations

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Measuring Constituent Policy Preferences in Congress, State Legislatures, and Cities

Chris Tausanovitch, Christopher Warshaw · The Journal of Politics · 2013 · 421 citations · Full text

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Comparable Preference Estimates across Time and Institutions for the Court, Congress, and Presidency

Michael Bailey · American Journal of Political Science · 2007 · 339 citations

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Linear Probability Models of the Demand for Attributes with an Empirical Application to Estimating the Preferences of Legislators

James J. Heckman, James M. Snyder · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1997 · 325 citations

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How Do Senators Vote? Disentangling the Role of Voter Preferences, Party Affiliation, and Senate Ideology

Steven D. Levitt · American Economic Review · 1996 · 325 citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    Jeffrey B. Lewis

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    10 publications · 816 citations

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  2. KT
    Keith T. Poole

    University of Georgia, United States

    8 publications · 499 citations

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  3. JL
    James Lo

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    8 publications · 538 citations

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  4. RC
    Royce Carroll

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 441 citations

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  5. HL
    Howard L. Rosenthal

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    5 publications · 276 citations

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Institutions

108

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    386 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    533 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    902 citations

  7. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    635 citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    263 citations

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  1. Political Analysis

    13 publications · 689 citations

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  2. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    11 publications · 962 citations

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  3. American Political Science Review

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 10 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 217 citations

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