; Title: A Polarizing Dynamic by Center Cabinets? The Mechanism of Limited Contestation
; Special Version of the model: German Federal Election 2017
; Version v1.00
; Published Article: Schmitt, Johannes and Franzmann T. Simon (2018): A Polarizing Dynamic by Center Cabinets? The Mechanism of Limited Contestation, in: Historical Social Research.
; Code by Johannes Schmitt
; Contact: Johannes.Schmitt@hhu.de
; NetLogo Version: 5.3.1

globals [

party-xcor
maximale-abweichung

;; PARAMETERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;

max-ticks
information-lvl

ctyp-center
policy-seeking-weight
office-seeking-weight
vote-seeking-weight
coalition-cooperation
coalition-cooperation-distance

voter-sd
voter-modal
non-policy-mode
non-policy-weight
coalition-evaluation-mode
coalition-evaluation-weight

;; MEASUREMENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;
start-weighted-sd
last-weighted-sd
start-range
last-range
start-standard-deviation
last-standard-deviation
start-mad
last-mad

start-coalition-votes
last-coalition-votes
start-opposition-votes
last-opposition-votes
opposition-parties-right
opposition-parties-left
office-seeking-opposition
coalition-evaluation
opposition-evaluation
last-coalition-type

;;GLOBALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;
party-color-list
number-of-coalitions
voters-positions
seed
exits

equilibrium-counter
voted-list
position-list

]

breed [parties party]

parties-own [
  control             ; technical variables; used in some functions
  coalition           ; Is party member of coalition? 1: yes, 0:no
  votes-total         ; party's vote share (0-1)
  policy-pref         ; party's prefered ideological position (0-100)
  coalition-potential ; party's coalition potential (0-number of parties)
]

patches-own [         ; patches represent the voters
  party-elected       ; voter's current elected party
  non-policy-factor   ; voter's non-policy evaluation of each party (list)
  n-voters            ; number of voters on patch (recalculated as vote share)
]

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;------------------------------------------------SETUP------------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to setup
  clear-all
  random-seed manual-seed
  if display? [ask patches [set pcolor white]]
  user-setup
  set exits 0

  ;; ITERATION INI
  calculate-election-result
  reset-ticks
  if display? [show-competition]


  if equilibrium-exit? [set equilibrium-counter 0]
  set office-seeking-opposition 0

  ;; MEASUREMENT INI
  set start-weighted-sd measure-weighted-sd
  set start-range (max [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01] - min [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01])
  set start-standard-deviation sqrt(variance [xcor] of parties)
  set start-mad mean-absolute-difference
  set start-coalition-votes sum [votes-total] of parties with [coalition = 1]
  set start-opposition-votes sum [votes-total] of parties with [coalition = 0]
  measure-evaluation

end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;--------------------------------------------ITERATION------------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to go

  let i 0
  repeat count parties [
    type [xcor] of party i
    type ";"
    type [votes-total] of party i
    type ";"
    set i i + 1
  ]
  type measure-weighted-sd
  type ";"
  type (max [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01] - min [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01])
  type ";"
  type coalition-choice?
  print " "


  if ticks = 1 and equilibrium-exit? and coalition-evaluation-mode = 0 [
    set voted-list sort [precision votes-total 6] of parties
    set position-list sort [xcor] of parties
  ]

  if ticks > 1 [
    if coalition-evaluation-mode = 1 [negative-evaluation-of-coalition-standard]
    if coalition-evaluation-mode = 2 [negative-evaluation-of-coalition-distance]
    ask parties [party-positioning]
    calculate-election-result
    if display? [show-competition]

    if equilibrium-exit? and coalition-evaluation-mode = 0 [
      ifelse voted-list = sort [precision votes-total 6] of parties and position-list = sort [xcor] of parties [set equilibrium-counter equilibrium-counter + 1][set equilibrium-counter 0]
      set voted-list sort [precision votes-total 6] of parties
      set position-list sort [xcor] of parties
      if (equilibrium-exit? and equilibrium-counter = 6) [set exits 1]
    ]
  ]

  if ticks = max-ticks or (equilibrium-exit? and equilibrium-counter = 6) [
    set last-weighted-sd measure-weighted-sd
    set last-range (max [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01] - min [xcor] of parties with [votes-total > 0.01])
    set last-standard-deviation sqrt(variance [xcor] of parties)
    set last-mad mean-absolute-difference
    set last-coalition-votes sum [votes-total] of parties with [coalition = 1]
    set last-opposition-votes sum [votes-total] of parties with [coalition = 0]
    set last-coalition-type current-coalition-type
    stop
  ]


  tick
end

to print-setup
  print "================================================================================================"
  type non-policy-mode? type " "
  type non-policy-weight? type " "
  type information-lvl? type " "
  type coalition-evaluation-mode? type " "
  type coalition-evaluation-weight? type " "
  type voters-sd? type " "
  type voter-modal? type " "
  type "Seed: " print seed

  show-competition
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 0) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 0) - 0.09) 3
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 1) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 1) - 0.08) 3
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 2) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 2) - 0.24) 3
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 3) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 3) - 0.40) 3
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 4) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 4) - 0.08) 3
  type precision ([votes-total] of party 5) 3 type " " print precision abs(([votes-total] of party 5) - 0.07) 3
  print "-------------------------------------"
  print maximale-abweichung
  print "================================================================================================"

end


;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;-------------------------------------------PARTY STRATEGIES------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to party-positioning
  no-display

  if office-seeking-weight > 0 [calculate-coalition-potential]
  let original-xcor xcor
  let max-xcor xcor
  let i xcor - information-lvl
  let connected-condition connected-coalition
  let coalition-maximum coalition-potential
  let max-calculus -999
  let max-sd-coalition sd-coalition
  let max-sub-calculus -999

  repeat (information-lvl * 2 + 1) [
    if i >= 0 and i <= 100 [
     set xcor i
     if policy-seeking-weight < 1 [calculate-election-result]
     if office-seeking-weight > 0 [calculate-coalition-potential]

     let calculus -999
     let move false
     let policy-utility (1 - abs(i - policy-pref) / 100)
     let office-utility 0
     ifelse number-of-coalitions > 0 [set office-utility (coalition-potential / number-of-coalitions)][set office-utility 0]
     if coalition = 0 [set office-seeking-opposition office-seeking-opposition + office-utility * office-seeking-weight]

     ifelse coalition = 1 and coalition-cooperation = 1 and office-seeking-weight > 0 [
       set calculus coalition-potential * office-seeking-weight
       let sub-calculus votes-total * vote-seeking-weight + (1 - abs(i - policy-pref) / 100) * policy-seeking-weight
       if calculus > max-calculus [set move true]
       if calculus = max-calculus [
         ifelse coalition-cooperation-distance = 1 [
           if max-sd-coalition > sd-coalition [set move true]
           ifelse max-sd-coalition = sd-coalition [if max-sub-calculus < sub-calculus [set move true]][if max-sub-calculus = sub-calculus and random 2 = 1[set move true]]
         ]
         [
           if max-sub-calculus < sub-calculus [set move true]
           if max-sub-calculus = sub-calculus [ifelse (abs(original-xcor - max-xcor) > abs(original-xcor - i)) [set move true][if (abs(original-xcor - max-xcor) = abs(original-xcor - i)) and random 2 = 1 [set move true]]]
         ]
       ]
       if connected-coalition = true and connected-condition = false [set move true]
       if connected-coalition = false and connected-condition = true [set move false]
     ]
     [
       set calculus (office-utility * office-seeking-weight) + (votes-total * vote-seeking-weight) + (policy-utility * policy-seeking-weight)
       if (calculus > max-calculus) [set move true]
       if calculus = max-calculus [ifelse (abs(original-xcor - max-xcor) > abs(original-xcor - i)) [set move true][if (abs(original-xcor - max-xcor) = abs(original-xcor - i)) and random 2 = 1 [set move true]]]
     ]

     if count parties with [xcor = i] > 1 [set move false]


     if move = true [
       set max-xcor xcor
       set connected-condition connected-coalition
       set max-calculus calculus
       set coalition-maximum coalition-potential
       set max-sub-calculus votes-total * vote-seeking-weight + (1 - abs(i - policy-pref) / 100) * policy-seeking-weight
       set max-sd-coalition sd-coalition
     ]
    ]
    set i i + 1
  ]

  set xcor max-xcor
  calculate-election-result
  display
end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;----------------------------------------------MEASUREMENT--------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to calculate-coalition-potential
  set number-of-coalitions 0
  ask parties [set coalition-potential 0]

  ask parties [
    minimal-winnig-coalitions
    set control 0
    ask parties with [control = 1][set control 0]
  ]
end

to minimal-winnig-coalitions
  ifelse (coalition = 1 and coalition-cooperation = 1) [
      set number-of-coalitions number-of-coalitions + 1
      set coalition-potential (sum [votes-total] of parties with [coalition = 1])
  ]
  [
      let coalitions-list (list)
      set coalitions-list lput self coalitions-list

      let coalition-size votes-total
      set control 1
      let coalition-condition true

      ifelse coalition-size < 0.45 [
        while [coalition-size <= 0.45][
          ifelse coalition-cooperation = 0 [
            ifelse min-one-of parties with [control = 0] [distance myself] = nobody [
              set coalition-condition false
              set coalition-size 1
            ]
            [
              ask min-one-of parties with [control = 0][distance myself][
                ;if distance myself > 25 [set coalition-condition false] // originally, limitation of maximum distance within coalition; current excluded!
                set coalitions-list lput self coalitions-list
                set coalition-size coalition-size + votes-total
                set control 1
              ]
            ]
          ]
          [
            ifelse min-one-of parties with [control = 0 and coalition = 0] [distance myself] = nobody [
              set coalition-condition false
              set coalition-size 1
            ]
            [
              ask min-one-of parties with [control = 0 and coalition = 0] [distance myself][
                ;if distance myself > 25 [set coalition-condition false] // originally, limitation of maximum distance within coalition; current excluded!
                set coalitions-list lput self coalitions-list
                set coalition-size coalition-size + votes-total
                set control 1
              ]
            ]
          ]
        ]

        if connected-potential-coalition = false [set coalition-condition false]
        if parties with [control = 1] != nobody [
          if coalition-condition = true [
            ask parties with [control = 1][set coalition-potential coalition-potential + 1]
            set number-of-coalitions number-of-coalitions + 1
          ]
        ]
      ]
      [
        set coalition-potential coalition-potential + 1
        set number-of-coalitions number-of-coalitions + 1
      ]
  ]
end

to-report minimal-winning-coalition-start
  let coalitions-list (list)
  set coalitions-list lput who coalitions-list

  let coalition-size votes-total
  set control 1

  if coalition-size <= 0.5 [
    while [coalition-size <= 0.5 and count parties with [control = 0] > 0][
      ask min-one-of parties with [control = 0][distance myself][
        set coalitions-list lput who coalitions-list
        set coalition-size coalition-size + votes-total
        set control 1
      ]
    ]
  ]
  ifelse coalition-size <= 0.5 [report false][report coalitions-list]
end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;---------------------------------CALCULATE ELECTION RESULT-------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to calculate-election-result
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][set party-elected min-distance-party]
  ask parties [set votes-total sum [n-voters] of patches with [party-elected = myself]]
end

to-report min-distance-party
    let i 1
    let min-distance weight-distance distance turtle 0 item 0 non-policy-factor
    let min-party turtle 0
    repeat count parties - 1 [
      let min-i weight-distance distance turtle i item i non-policy-factor
       ifelse min-i < min-distance [
         set min-distance min-i
         set min-party turtle i
       ]
       [
         if min-i = min-distance and random 2 = 1 [
           set min-distance min-i
           set min-party turtle i
         ]
       ]
     set i i + 1
    ]
    report min-party
end

to show-competition
  if ticks = 0 [
    ask patches with [n-voters > 0 and variance non-policy-factor > 0][
      if turtle (position max non-policy-factor non-policy-factor) != nobody [set pcolor [color] of turtle (position max non-policy-factor non-policy-factor)]
    ]
  ]
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    let color-p [color] of party-elected
    ask patch pxcor -2 [set pcolor color-p]
  ]
end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;--------------------------------------------------SETUP----------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to user-setup
  set max-ticks max-ticks?
  set information-lvl information-lvl?

  Ifelse Center-Coalition? [set ctyp-center 1][set ctyp-center 0]
  set vote-seeking-weight   vote-seeking   / (vote-seeking + office-seeking + policy-seeking)
  set policy-seeking-weight policy-seeking / (vote-seeking + office-seeking + policy-seeking)
  set office-seeking-weight office-seeking / (vote-seeking + office-seeking + policy-seeking)
  ifelse coalition-cooperation? [set coalition-cooperation 1][set coalition-cooperation 0]
  ifelse coalition-cooperation? [set coalition-cooperation-distance coalition-distance?][set coalition-cooperation-distance 0]

  set voter-sd voters-sd?
  let voters-n voters-n?
  set voter-modal voter-modal?

  set non-policy-mode non-policy-mode?
  set non-policy-weight non-policy-weight?
  set coalition-evaluation-mode coalition-evaluation-mode?
  set coalition-evaluation-weight coalition-evaluation-weight? / max-ticks?
  create-new-parties

  party-setup
  create-voter-distribution voter-sd voters-n voter-modal
  voter-setup
end

to party-setup
 set party-color-list [red blue green yellow brown grey orange lime turquoise cyan sky violet magenta pink]
 set-default-shape parties "triangle 2"
 ask parties [set policy-pref normal-rnd-value xcor 5 0 100 0]
end

to create-new-parties
  create-parties 6 [
    set control 0
  ]

  set party-xcor (list)
  set party-xcor lput (1.23 * 10) party-xcor
  set party-xcor lput (3.62 * 10) party-xcor
  set party-xcor lput (3.77 * 10) party-xcor
  set party-xcor lput (5.92 * 10) party-xcor
  set party-xcor lput (6.54 * 10) party-xcor
  set party-xcor lput (8.92 * 10) party-xcor

  ask party 0 [set color 124]
  ask party 1 [set color 64]
  ask party 2 [set color red]
  ask party 4 [set color 44]
  ask party 3 [set color black]
  ask party 5 [set color 84]

  ask parties [set xcor item who party-xcor]

  ask parties [set coalition 0]
  if coalition-choice? = "spd-fdp-union"   [ask party 2 [set coalition 1] ask party 3 [set coalition 1]]
  if coalition-choice? = "union-afd-fdp"   [ask party 3 [set coalition 1] ask party 4 [set coalition 1] ask party 5 [set coalition 1]]
  if coalition-choice? = "spd-green-linke" [ask party 0 [set coalition 1] ask party 1 [set coalition 1] ask party 2 [set coalition 1]]
  new-shape

    ask parties [set control 0]

  ask parties [
       set size 4
       if coalition = 1[ifelse coalition-cooperation = 1 [set shape "circle"][set shape "circle 2"]]
  ]


end

to voter-setup
 ask patches [set non-policy-factor (list)]
 if non-policy-mode  = 0 [party-non-policy-setup-1-nothing]
 if non-policy-mode  = 1 [party-non-policy-setup-2-random]
 if non-policy-mode  = 2 [party-non-policy-setup-3-distance]
 if non-policy-mode  = 3 [party-non-policy-setup-4-biased]
end

to create-voter-distribution [#sd #n #modal-value]
  if #modal-value = 1 [
    let i 0
    repeat 101 [
     ask patch i 0 [set n-voters precision ((normal-distribution i 50 #sd) * #n) 0]
     set i i + 1
    ]
  ]

  if #modal-value = 2 [
    let i 0
    let y 0
    repeat 50 [
      ask patch i 0            [set n-voters precision ((normal-distribution y 50 #sd) * #n * 0.5) 0]
      ask patch (51 + i) 0     [set n-voters precision ((normal-distribution y 50 #sd) * #n * 0.5) 0]
      set i i + 1
      set y y + 2
    ]
    ask patch 50 0 [set n-voters precision ((normal-distribution 100 50 #sd) * #n * 0.5 ) 0]
  ]

  let i 0

  if display? = true [
    set voters-positions (list)
    repeat 101 [
      ask patch i 0 [repeat n-voters [set voters-positions lput i voters-positions]]
      set i i + 1
    ]
  ]

  let sum-votes sum [n-voters] of patches
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][set n-voters n-voters / sum-votes]

  if display? = true [
    ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
      let c (255 * (1 - (n-voters / max [n-voters] of patches)))
      set pcolor rgb c c c
    ]
    ask patches with [n-voters = 0 and pycor != 0][
      let c (255 * ((1 - ([n-voters] of patch pxcor 0 / max [n-voters] of patches) / (abs(pycor) * 0.2 + 1))))
      set pcolor rgb c c c
    ]
  ]
end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;--------------------------------------Create Non-Policy Evaluation-----------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to party-non-policy-setup-1-nothing
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][repeat 20 [set non-policy-factor lput 0 non-policy-factor]]
end

to party-non-policy-setup-2-random
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    repeat count parties [set non-policy-factor lput (precision random-normal 0 non-policy-weight 1) non-policy-factor]
  ]
end

to party-non-policy-setup-3-distance
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    let i 0
    repeat count parties [
      set non-policy-factor lput (((50 - distance turtle i) / 50) * non-policy-weight) non-policy-factor
      set i i + 1
    ]
  ]
end

to party-non-policy-setup-4-biased
  ask parties [set control random 2]
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    let i 0
    repeat count parties [
      set non-policy-factor lput (((50 - distance turtle i) / 50) * (non-policy-weight / (([control] of party i * 1.5) + 0.5))) non-policy-factor
      set i i + 1
    ]
  ]
  ask parties [set control 0]
end

to negative-evaluation-of-coalition-standard
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    let i 0
    repeat count parties [
      if [coalition] of turtle i = 1[set non-policy-factor replace-item i non-policy-factor (item i non-policy-factor - coalition-evaluation-weight)]
      set i i + 1
    ]
  ]
end

to negative-evaluation-of-coalition-distance
  ask patches with [n-voters > 0][
    let i 0
    repeat count parties [
      if [coalition] of turtle i = 1 [set non-policy-factor replace-item i non-policy-factor (item i non-policy-factor - ((abs([xcor] of turtle i - pxcor) / 100) * 2) * coalition-evaluation-weight)]
      set i i + 1
    ]
  ]
end

;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;
;;----------------------------------------------Functions----------------------------------------------------;;
;;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------;;

to measure-evaluation
  set coalition-evaluation 0
  set opposition-evaluation 0

  ask patches with [pycor = 0][
    let i 0
    repeat count parties [
      if length non-policy-factor != 0 [
        if [coalition] of turtle i = 1 [set coalition-evaluation coalition-evaluation + item i non-policy-factor]
        if [coalition] of turtle i = 0 [set opposition-evaluation opposition-evaluation + item i non-policy-factor]
        set i i + 1
      ]


    ]
  ]

  set coalition-evaluation ((coalition-evaluation / 100) / count parties with [coalition = 1])
  set opposition-evaluation ((opposition-evaluation / 100) / count parties with [coalition = 0])

end

to-report measure-weighted-sd
  let x-wmean 0
  let xs 0
  ask parties [set x-wmean x-wmean + xcor * votes-total]
  ask parties [set xs xs + (votes-total * (xcor - x-wmean) ^ 2) ]
  report sqrt (xs)
end

to-report mean-absolute-difference
  let mad 0
  ask parties [
    let mad-p 0
    ask parties [set mad-p mad-p + abs([xcor] of self - [xcor] of myself)]
    set mad mad + (mad-p / (count parties - 1))
  ]
  report mad / count parties
end

to-report normal-distribution [#x-value #mean #sd]
  report ((1 / (#sd * sqrt (2 * pi))) * e ^ (-0.5 * ((#x-value - #mean)/ #sd )^ 2))
end

to-report normal-rnd-value [#mean #sd #precision #max #min]
  let x-value #min - 100
  while [x-value < #min or x-value > #max][set x-value precision (random-normal #mean #sd) #precision]
  report x-value
end

to-report weight-distance [#distance #weight]
  report #distance - #weight
end

to-report connected-coalition
  let cmin-x 101
  let cmax-x -101
  ask min-one-of parties with [coalition = 1][xcor][set cmin-x xcor]
  ask max-one-of parties with [coalition = 1][xcor][set cmax-x xcor]
  let bool true
  ask parties with [coalition = 0][if xcor <= cmax-x and xcor > cmin-x [set bool false]]
  report bool
end

to-report connected-potential-coalition
  let cmin-x 101
  let cmax-x -101
  ask min-one-of parties with [control = 1][xcor][set cmin-x xcor]
  ask max-one-of parties with [control = 1][xcor][set cmax-x xcor]
  let bool true
  ask parties with [control = 0][if xcor <= cmax-x and xcor >= cmin-x [set bool false]]
  report bool
end

to-report sd-coalition
  ifelse count parties with [coalition = 1] = 1 [report 0][report sqrt(variance [xcor] of parties with [coalition = 1])]
end

to-report current-coalition-type
  let cmin-x 101
  let cmax-x -101
  ask min-one-of parties with [coalition = 1][xcor][set cmin-x xcor]
  ask max-one-of parties with [coalition = 1][xcor][set cmax-x xcor]

  let omin-x 101
  let omax-x -101
  ask min-one-of parties with [coalition = 0][xcor][set omin-x xcor]
  ask max-one-of parties with [coalition = 0][xcor][set omax-x xcor]

  let c-type 1
  if omin-x > cmax-x or omax-x < cmin-x [set c-type 0]
  if connected-coalition = false [set c-type 2]
  report c-type
end

to new-shape
  ask parties [
    set shape "triangle"
    if coalition = 1[ifelse coalition-cooperation = 1 [set shape "circle"][set shape "circle 2"]]
  ]
end
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#A Polarizing Dynamic by Center Cabinets? The Mechanism of Limited Contestation (Johannes Schmitt and Simon T. Franzmann)

**IMPORTANT**: This a special scenario of the general model (see section 6 of the published article "6. The Example of a Hypothetical German Election"). To understand the model, please read the article and the description of the general model (which can be downloaded at http://www.pruf.de/abm-polarization).

###Literature

>You can find a detailed description and results in the published article:
**Schmitt, Johannes and Franzmann, Simon T. (2018): A Polarizing Dynamic by Center Cabinets? The Mechanism of Limited Contestation, in Historical Social Research.**
_(Please cite this source, if you refer to the model)_

## WHAT IS IT?

Abstract: What effect does the presence of a coalition of the ideological center have on polarization in party systems? Studies of party positioning demonstrate the impact of party’s affiliation to the cabinet for its electoral campaigning. In addition, comparative studies of party systems analyzed the effects of the competitive situation between the coalition and the opposition on party competition dynamics. Nevertheless, the linkage between findings of both branches of literature is still missing. On the one hand, studies of party competition models generally focus on explaining party behavior and do not aggregate these insights. On the other hand, party system studies usually lack an analytical micro-foundation. Thus, we do not know the mechanism that drives a polity to the extreme. To find this missing link, we derive two potential explanations based on the spatial theory of party competition and Satori’s study of party systems: incumbent punishment and limited contestation. We elaborate these mechanisms with the help of an agent-based model. Then, we trace the effect of cabinet type back to the limited contestation between coalition parties. If the incumbent parties avoid contestation with each other, a center cabinet induces polarizing dynamics since the opposition then has no incentive for responsible office-seeking. Specific circumstances such as a polarized electorate and voters’ negative evaluation of the cabinet parties support this mechanism. Methodologically, our simulation study reveals three advantages of the agent-based modeling approach: (1) the uncovering of thus far implicit assumptions; (2) the possibility of analyzing causal dependencies within a complex and dynamic model; and (3) the precision of our theoretical expectations based on the micro-foundation.


## CREDITS

>(1) the theoretical model is formulated by **[Johannes Schmitt](http://www.pruf.de/unser-team/mitarbeiterinnen/johannes-schmitt.html)** (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf) and **[Dr. Simon T. Franzmann](https://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/pw-poguntke/homepage-simon-franzmann/)** (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf)

>(2) the model is coded by **[Johannes Schmitt](http://www.pruf.de/unser-team/mitarbeiterinnen/johannes-schmitt.html)** (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf)

>(3) We are grateful to the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) for funding this work (project title:“The influence of opposition in established democracies”; project number: 290380518; project homepage: http://www.pruf.de/abm-polarization ).
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