Uncontested incumbents and incumbent upsets

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2020.11.007zbMATH Open1458.91073OpenAlexW3112936503MaRDI QIDQ1995478FDOQ1995478

Dan Alexander

Publication date: 23 February 2021

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.11.007

zbMATH Keywords

contestsvalenceelectoral competitionincumbency advantageelectoral upsetsuncontested elections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History, political science (91F10) Voting theory (91B12)

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