Let $\BF_q$ be a finite field of $q$ elements, $\CF$ a $p$-adic field, and $D$ a quaternion division algebra over $\CF$. This paper proves uniqueness of Shalika models for $\GL_{2n}(\BF_q) $ and $\GL_{2n}(D)$, and re-obtains uniqueness of Shalika models for $\GL_{2n}(\CF)$ for any $n\in \BN$.

The Casselman--Shalika method is a way to compute explicit formulas for periods of irreducible unramified representations of $p$-adic groups that are associated to unique models (i.e., multiplicity-free induced representations). We apply this method to the case of the Shalika model of $GL_n$, which is known to distinguish lifts from odd orthogonal groups. In the course of our proof, we further develop a variant of the method, that was introduced by Y. Hironaka, and in effect reduce many such problems to straightforward calculations on the group.