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Spatial Competition Models

Spatial Competition Models is a theoretical framework in political science that conceptualizes political actors' strategic positioning as a function of ideological or policy space, distinguishing it from other models of political competition by emphasizing the geographic or ideological proximity between candidates or parties as a determinant of voter choice and electoral outcomes.

381

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28.7K

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640

Authors

402

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2017–2026

45

Variants

Spatial Models Of Political Competition

Parents

Publications

381

Monopolistic Competition with Outside Goods

Steven C. Salop · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1979 · 3K citations

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Spatial Models of Party Competition

Donald Stokes · American Political Science Review · 1963 · 2K citations

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Competitive coexistence in spatially structured environments: a synthesis

Priyanga Amarasekare · Ecology Letters · 2003 · 996 citations

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An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process

Otto A. Davis, Melvin J. Hinich, Peter C. Ordeshook · American Political Science Review · 1970 · 758 citations

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The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition

B. Curtis Eaton, Richard G. Lipsey · The Review of Economic Studies · 1975 · 595 citations

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Authors

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  1. KR
    Kurt Richard Brekke

    Norwegian School of Economics, Norway

    9 publications · 372 citations

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  2. OR
    Odd Rune Straume

    University of Minho, Portugal

    9 publications · 372 citations

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  3. MJ
    Melvin J. Hinich

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

    9

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  4. SP
    Simon P. Anderson

    University of Virginia, United States

    8 publications · 544 citations

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  5. JT
    Jacques‐François Thisse

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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Institutions

402

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    331 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    881 citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    293 citations

  5. Norwegian School of Economics

    Bergen, Norway

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    280 citations

  6. University of Minho

    Braga, Portugal

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  7. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    270 citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    771 citations

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Venues

  1. Regional Science and Urban Economics

    17 publications · 646 citations

    14

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 18 publications · 464 citations

    13

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  3. Journal of Industrial Economics

    11 publications · 695 citations

    10

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  4. The Annals of Regional Science

    9 publications · 123 citations

    9

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  5. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 11 publications · 186 citations

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