This section is proposed on behalf of the ECPR Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice. The section invites contributions from all subfields of political science that share a commitment to rigorous theorizing and systematic empirical testing of theoretical models. The section seeks panels focusing on theoretical and methodological issues as well as panels that include papers addressing the same substantive issues formally and empirically. In regard to theoretical modeling, the section welcomes panels and papers that use various formal modeling strategies, including, but not restricted to, game theory, spatial models and agent-based computational modeling. With respect to research methodologies the section is especially interested in attracting papers that propose innovative ways of testing theoretical models with empirical data. The section is open to papers based on experimental and observational designs alike, and to research using various analytical methods – traditional parametric statistical models, matching and related techniques, fuzzy sets and qualitative comparative analysis, etc. The section is also interested in panels and papers that discuss the state-of-the-art in measurement and data collection strategies and tools, like automated data extraction.
