… 4 Thus, it is possible to implement much more powerful tests of the political agency models
than by only looking at broad measures of performance, such as aggregate spending and …

… A second issue in designing empirical tests of principal-agent models for political-bureaucratic
relations involves the problem of collinearity. Many researchers are familiar with …

… argued for the natural applicability of agent-based modeling approaches to the study of
identity politics and explained the operation of the ABIR model in terms of algorithms distilled …

… ought to be tested empirically.… models of political phenomena with producing interesting
results in the absence of empirical support (which I do),8 we ought not consider those models …

… different agency features. More generally, our empirical strategy tests whether political factors
… , and hence our model can say little about their political responsiveness. In addition, some …

… decision making models withstand empirical testing impressively (cf. … implementation model
developed in this study can be tested … In this chapter, the results of the tests of the models are …

… tested this claim empirically at the individual-voter level. There is, however, no formal model
of … within a retrospective voting model (ie, a political agency model with moral hazard). In my …

… —the data availability in this context makes this a great research site for testing agency
models. The preferences of bureaucratic agents are much more difficult to specify. Most …

Some roots of political inequality are planted early in life through linked disparities in … sense
of political agency and efficacy. Education often exacerbates these early political advantages…

… We use a statistical model to combine objective data on agency characteristics with …
generate estimates of stable agency liberalism or conservatism useful for testing theories of …