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Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Dynamics of Multicandidate Elections: Menu-Dependent Preferences

政治学博士论文研究：多候选人选举的动态：菜单相关的偏好

基本信息

批准号：
0111987
负责人：
John Aldrich
金额：
$ 0.7万
依托单位：
Duke University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2001
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2001-07-15 至 2003-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0111987&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Political Science

项目摘要

Can some candidates benefit from being in contests with more than two candidates? Traditional theories of political choice assume that increasing the number of candidates in an election campaign cannot influence voter preferences. However, a growing body of literature on consumer behavior suggests that varying the menu of alternatives can influence choices in systematic ways. This Doctoral Dissertation Research Support project tests whether these findings apply to collective choices and electoral politics. The student hypotheses that the menu of available options can influence a voter's decision. When there are more than two candidates in the race, a compromise effect benefits moderate candidates. Consequently, when there are more than two candidates, race and party influence how voters evaluate candidates differently than when there are only two candidates divided by party label and/or by the candidate's race. The student focuses on how perceptions of the alternatives and affect towards the candidates are affected by the set of alternatives. The hypothesis is tested by collecting experimental data from subjects in different choice situations with a varying menu of alternatives.This interesting and innovative project promises to enhance our understanding of the topic.

一些候选人能从两名以上候选人的竞争中受益吗？传统的政治选择理论认为，在竞选活动中增加候选人的数量不会影响选民的偏好。然而，越来越多关于消费者行为的文献表明，改变选择菜单可以以系统的方式影响选择。这个博士论文研究支持项目测试这些发现是否适用于集体选择和选举政治。这名学生假设可供选择的选项可以影响选民的决定。当竞选中有两个以上的候选人时，折衷效应有利于温和派候选人。因此，当有两名以上候选人时，种族和政党对选民评价候选人的影响与按政党标签和/或候选人种族划分的只有两名候选人时不同。学生关注的是对备选方案的看法和对候选人的影响如何受到备选方案集的影响。这一假设是通过收集实验数据来验证的，这些实验数据来自不同选择情境下的受试者，他们有不同的选择菜单。这个有趣而创新的项目有望增进我们对这一主题的理解。