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Estimating policy positions using political texts: An evaluation of the Wordscores approach

Robert Klemmensen, Sara B. Hobolt, Martin Ejnar Hansen

Electoral Studies · 2007 · 107 citations · 24 references

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Extracting Policy Positions from Political Texts Using Words as Data

Michael Laver, Kenneth Benoit, John Garry · American Political Science Review · 2003 · 1.4K citations

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Expert Interpretations of Party Space and Party Locations in 42 Societies

John D. Huber, Ronald Inglehart · Party Politics · 1995 · 1.2K citations

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Left–Right Political Scales: Some ‘Expert’ Judgments

Francis G. Castles, Peter Mair · European Journal of Political Research · 1984 · 917 citations

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Estimating Policy Positions from Political Texts

Michael Laver, John Garry · American Journal of Political Science · 2000 · 568 citations

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Putting Parties in Their Place: Inferring Party Left-Right Ideological Positions from Party Manifestos Data

Matthew J. Gabel, John D. Huber · American Journal of Political Science · 2000 · 562 citations

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