***I will rely on the following texts:
Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia and Anders Skrondal (2008). Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata (2nd Edition). Stata Press. — Chap. 2, 3, 4, and 6.
Chapters 2+3 of Rabe-Hesketh & Skrondal (2008)
Chapter 4 of Rabe-Hesketh & Skrondal (2008)
Chapter 6 of Rabe-Hesketh & Skrondal (2008)
Achen, Christopher H. (2005). “Two-Step Hierarchical Estimation: Beyond Regression Analysis” in Political Analysis 13: 447-456.
Steenbergen, Marco and Bradford S. Jones (2002). “Modeling Multilevel Data Structures” in AJPS 46(1): 218-237.
***These are two examples of empirical analysis using multilevel models. Please read them before class. We might make use of some of the data in class.
Blais, André and Marc André Bodet (2006). “How Do Voters Form Expectations about the Parties’ Chances of Winning the Election?” in SSQ 87(3): 477-493.
Weldon, Steven (2006). “The Institutional Context of Tolerance for Ethnic Minorities: A Comparative, Multilevel Analysis of Western Europe” in AJPS 50(2): 331-349.
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