RT Journal Article T1 Rational Voting Behaviour Accounting for Heterogeneous Ballots in British Elections. A1 Mauerer, Ingrid Doris A1 Walter, Annemarie K1 Elecciones - Gran Bretaña - Modelos matemáticos K1 Teoría de la elección racional AB The most analysed choice situation by electoral researchers is at the ballot box. In partially contested elections, such as in Britain or Spain, voters cannot vote for all parties in every region or constituency. We present a modelling approach to study rational voting behaviour that integrates such heterogeneous ballots and takes voting for the numerous parties therein seriously. The empirical application to the 2015 British Election demonstrates substantial insights not found when neglecting ballot composition heterogeneity or applying existing approaches. PB Sage YR 2024 FD 2024-10-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38632 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38632 LA eng NO Mauerer I, Walter A. Rational voting behaviour accounting for heterogeneous ballots in British elections. Statistical Modelling. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/1471082X241272346 NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/9491 NO EMERGIA, Junta de Andalucia DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026