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Almeida, Richard. "Interest Group Ideology and Lobbying Partner Selection: Models and Evidence from Amicus Curiae Briefs" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42461_index.html>

Almeida, R. A. , 2005-09-01 "Interest Group Ideology and Lobbying Partner Selection: Models and Evidence from Amicus Curiae Briefs" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42461_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Entering into coalitions has become a standard tactic for interest groups trying to maximize success while minimizing cost. The strategic conditions underlying decisions to form or join coalitions are beginning to be explored in the political science literature, yet very little is known about the process and criteria through which interest groups select coalition partners. In this paper, I explore the partner selection process by applying spatial theories of ideology and coalition formation to interest group participation on amicus curiae briefs. Previous work demonstrates that the lobbying efforts of groups can be used to generate a general measure of ideology for any group. These captured ideology scores are used in statistical models of interest group coalition partner selection on amicus curiae briefs from 1954-1985. This research demonstrates that the ideology scores captured for each group are powerful predictors of interest group coalition partner selection, even when controls for resources, group type, and other potential predictors are included.

Interest Group Coalitions and theSpatial Theory of Choice: A Spatial Model of Group Participation onAmicus Curiae Briefs.

Strange Bedfellows or the Usual Suspects? Spatial Models of Ideology and Interest Group Coalitions.