This paper introduces a novel approach to identifying and estimating parameters in a model where legislators choose their expressed political ideology based on roll-call votes. We consider various professional connections, including cosponsorship, …
Scholars interested in legislative studies typically use observable outcomes such as roll-call votes (RCVs), speeches, and campaign contributions to quantify latent aspects of legislative behavior, such as ideal points, party unity levels, and …
This paper provides a novel approach to identification and estimation of a network formation model using observed network data, where the model acknowledges possible externalities in agents' utilities of forming connections with one another. The …
This paper proposes a new method to identify and estimate the parameters of an extension of a linear model of peer effects where individuals form different types of social and professional connections that can affect their outcomes. A stylized model …