Ecological Inference of RxC Tables by Latent Structure Approaches

Estimates RxC (R by C) vote transfer matrices (ecological contingency tables) from aggregate data building on Thomsen (1987) and Park (2008) approaches. References: Park, W.-H. (2008). ''Ecological Inference and Aggregate Analysis of Election''. PhD Dissertation. University of Michigan. < https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/58525/wpark_1.pdf> Pavía, J.M. and Thomsen, S.R. (2025) ''ecolRxC: Ecological inference estimation of RxC tables using latent structure approaches''. Political Science Research and Methods, 13(4), 943-961. Thomsen, S.R. (1987, ISBN:87-7335-037-2). ''Danish Elections 1920 79: a Logit Approach to Ecological Analysis and Inference''. Politica, Aarhus, Denmark. Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank Generalitat Valenciana (Conselleria de Educacion, Cultura y Universidades), grant CIACIO/2023/031, and Ministerio de Economia e Innovacion, grant PID2021-128228NB-I00, for supporting this research.