Political motivations and electoral competition: equilibrium analysis and experimental evidence

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2013.10.004MaRDI QIDQ2437169zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michalis Drouvelis, Alejandro Saporiti, Nicolaas J. Vriend

Publication date 3 March 2014

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2013.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

electoral competitionelectoral uncertaintyexperimental evidenceideologyNash equilibriumpower

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

2-person games (91A05) Noncooperative games (91A10) Experimental studies (91A90) Voting theory (91B12)

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