Frank L. Adelman
ABSTRACT
As part of a projected simulation of the social, political, and economic character of an urban community, a simulation model of the political subsystem of a large city has been constructed. The model assigns utility functions and decision rules to the aldermen and mayor of the city, who take into account both potential votes and job and favor patronage. A bargaining submodel is included, and the roles of the mayor, the media, and community interest groups are taken into account explicitly. The construction of the model and the validation process are discussed.
- 1.We are indebted to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences for support of this project and to the National Science Foundation for the senior post-doctoral fellowship which has assisted one of us (I.A.) in this effort.Google Scholar
- 2.We are indebted to A. Tversky for this rather descriptive term.Google Scholar
- 3.Myerson, M., and Banfield, E.C., Politics, Planning And The Public Interest, The Free Press (Glencoe, Ill.), 1955.Google Scholar
- 4.Myerson and Banfield, op. cit., pp. 26-27.Google Scholar
- 5.For a city in which the mayor and his political party need to be represented separately, the two parties would play analogous roles.Google Scholar
- 6.Facts have very little to do with the value of E; if the people in the ward think that a particular act will cause property values to decline or "undesirable people" to move into the neighborhood, then no number of studies which indicate that these effects will not occur will affect the value of E.Google Scholar
- 7.Other decision rules can be assumed, if desired, for some or all of the aldermen.Google Scholar
- 8.We assume that information is generally imperfect among the aldermen, with periodic updating.Google Scholar
- 9.New York City is a prominent exception.Google Scholar
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- A simulation model of urban politics
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