Search Results - subject:"Ecological Fallacy"

Attempting to measure the intensity of opposing feelings in elections : a polarization approach to Catalonia's independence case

Maza, Adolfo; Hierro, María - In: Economia politica : journal of analytical and … 39 (2022) 2, pp. 323-344

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Aggregate data yield biased estimates of voter preferences

Lang, Corey; Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 111 (2022), pp. 1-18

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The determinants of Islamophobia: An empirical analysis of the Swiss minaret referendum

Orlanski, Olga; Schulze, Günther G. - 2018

We analyze the determinants of Islamophobia using the only nation-wide anti-Islam referendum ever, which was held in Switzerland in 2009 and led to the prohibition of minarets. We find economic, environmental, and cultural factors as well as the presence of Muslims to determine voting behavior....

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Who Voted for Brexit? Individual and Regional Data Combined

Alabrese, Eleonora; Becker, Sascha; Fetzer, Thiemo; … - 2018

former might be subject to ecological fallacy and the latter might suffer from small-sample bias. We use individual … coincide with corresponding patterns at the aggregate level of voting areas. We therefore do not find evidence of ecological … fallacy. In addition, we show that prediction accuracy is geographically heterogeneous across UK regions, with strongly pro …

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