The influence of economics on political science: by what pathway?  1. Lee Sigelman, professor of Political Science at George Washington University and former editor of the American Political Science Review, passed away in December 2009. This paper is a revised version of Sigelman and Goldfarb 2009b. View all notes

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The influence of economics, the most imperialistic of the social science disciplines, is widely thought to have been felt more decisively in political science than in any other discipline. After briefly reviewing some evidence that this alleged influence is not transmitted through the use of specific economics concepts, this paper explores the possibility that the influence instead stems from the importation of formal rational choice modeling techniques from economics into political science. This is carried out using a case study of an important political science literature on voting behavior and the voter turnout puzzle. The analysis produces what seems compelling evidence for the importation of economics-oriented analytical methods into the political science literature on voting.View full textDownload full textKeywordsDowns voting model, voter turnout puzzle, effect of economics on political science, economic imperialism, rational choice modeling, methodological individualismRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2012.661067