Legislative Process and the Calculation of Affinity Scores

• In Event: New Directions in United Nations Scholarship

Brief Overview

We recalculate affinity scores (country ideal points) using various subsets of UNGA votes and reestimate recently published results to consider the implications of legislative process or estimated international ideal points.

Authors

• Courtenay R. Conrad, University of California-Merced

• Shengkuo Hu, University of California, Merced

• Nathan William Monroe, University of California, Merced