Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2009
Abstract
We provide a comparative perspective on the contributions of the special issue with regard to their applied methods and findings. In addition, we discuss problems that arise when using ‘wrong’ or at least ‘incorrect’ versions of election manifestos by presenting replications of estimated policy positions of German parties. We show that the latter can result in biased estimates that may affect the outcome of theoretical models. On the basis of those findings, we present the idea of the open access archive polidoc.net to build up a common database for political texts.
Discipline
Models and Methods | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
German Politics
Volume
18
Issue
3
First Page
441
Last Page
454
ISSN
0964-4008
Identifier
10.1080/09644000903055856
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Citation
BENOIT, Kenneth, BRAUNINGER, Thomas, & DEBUS, Marc.(2009). Challenges for estimating policy preferences: Announcing an open access archive of political documents. German Politics, 18(3), 441-454.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4013
Copyright Owner and License
Publisher
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644000903055856