Abstract We tackle the problem of simulating seat- and vote-shares for a party system given size. show how these shares can be generated using unordered ordered Dirichlet distributions. that distribution with mean vector by rule described in Taagepera Allik (2006, Electoral Studies 25, 696–713) fits real-world data almost as well saturated model where there is parameter each rank/system size co...

This paper analyzes the impact of party competition on policy decisions in the United States. Each state is evaluated for the level of party competition within that state. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in policy outcome as a result of party competition. The alternative hypothesis suggests that different policies will result in a competitive two-party system compared to a on...

Trust appears in asymmetric interactions, where one party (the active party) can easily betray a stakeholder (the passive party). Over the Internet, the amount of information that a passive party can use to determine the integrity of an active party is often limited. The scenario where there is only one passive party and one active party is well studied, and has been solved under some assumptio...

The present research focuses on the party related drinking behaviors of college students and explores the differences in these behaviors based on students' host status (i.e. party host vs. party attendee). Furthermore, we examine if the differences in party hosts and attendees' drinking behaviors vary as a function of the party location (on-campus vs. off-campus). Multiple regression analyses w...