Panel data analysis in Political Science: Advantages and applications in electoral studies
<span>Political science has relied upon panel or longitudinal data incrementally in the last decades. In comparison with cross-section data, the inferences attainable through panel data are considerably more enlightening; however, its analysis should not be limited to the classical linear mode...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA)
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Española de Ciencia Política |
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| Online Access: | https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/59641 |
| Summary: | <span>Political science has relied upon panel or longitudinal data incrementally in the last decades. In comparison with cross-section data, the inferences attainable through panel data are considerably more enlightening; however, its analysis should not be limited to the classical linear model of ordinary least-squares regression. Based on real electoral data and simulations, this research note demonstrates the greater robustness of the fixed and random effects models and the problems associated to the Arellano-Bond estimator, in the case of short panels, which are common in electoral studies.</span> |
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| ISSN: | 1575-6548 2173-9870 |