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A Bayesian Multilevel Modeling Approach to Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data

  • Boris Shor (a1), Joseph Bafumi (a2), Luke Keele (a3) and David Park (a4)

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The analysis of time-series cross-sectional (TSCS) data has become increasingly popular in political science. Meanwhile, political scientists are also becoming more interested in the use of multilevel models (MLM). However, little work exists to understand the benefits of multilevel modeling when applied to TSCS data. We employ Monte Carlo simulations to benchmark the performance of a Bayesian multilevel model for TSCS data. We find that the MLM performs as well or better than other common estimators for such data. Most importantly, the MLM is more general and offers researchers additional advantages.

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