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Melvin J. Hinich
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 218
Citations - 11424
Melvin J. Hinich is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bispectrum & Estimator. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 218 publications receiving 11033 citations. Previous affiliations of Melvin J. Hinich include Virginia Tech & Elsevier.
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Time Series Analysis by State Space Methods
TL;DR: Overall, Linear Models With R is well written and, given the increasing popularity of R, it is an important contribution.
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The Spatial Theory of Voting: An Introduction
James M. Enelow,Melvin J. Hinich +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of candidate characteristics and abstention on election outcomes is investigated in an unidimensional spatial voting model and a two-dimensional spatial model of candidate competition.
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Testing for Gaussianity and Linearity of a Stationary Time Series.
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple estimator of the bispectrum, the Fourier transform of (sub c xxx (m,n)) is used to construct a statistic to test whether the bisensor of (x(t)) is non-zero.
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An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process
TL;DR: In this article, a mathematical model of one aggregative mechanism, the electoral process, is conceptualized as a multidimensional model of spatial competition in which competition consists of candidates affecting turnout and the electorate's perception of each candidate's positions, and in which the social choice is a policy package which the victorious candidate advocates.
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Ideology and the theory of political choice
TL;DR: Hinich and Munger as discussed by the authors explored why large groups of voters share preference profiles, why they consider themselves "liberals" or "conservatives," and why politicians must commit to pursuing the actions implied by these analogies and symbols.