@article {335926,
	title = {Positioning Under Alternative Electoral Systems:Evidence From 7,497 Japanese CandidateElection Manifestos},
	journal = {American Political Science Review},
	year = {2018},
	note = {Winner, Leon Weaver Award\&nbsp;for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Division at APSA 2015.},
	abstract = {Do candidates position themselves differently under different electoral systems and is their positioning in line with expectations derived from spatial theories? We reexamine these core political science questions using substantively-meaningful estimates of candidate ideological positions derived from quantitative scaling of 7,497 Japanese-language election manifestos used by candidates competing in the eight consecutive elections to Japan{\textquoteright}s House of Representatives (HOR) on either side of its 1994 electoral reform. A battery of tests confirm that the vast majority of candidates position themselves closer to both opponents in the district and co-partisans after 1994, which is consistent with theoretical expectations. An exception is candidates from non-majority-seeking parties, who position themselves closer to co-partisans but relatively far from opponents after 1994. This is consistent with an electoral strategy of trying to increase their party{\textquoteright}s PR vote share and lends further support to the validity of spatial theories.},
	author = {Amy Catalinac}
}
