Political motivations and electoral competition: equilibrium analysis and experimental evidence

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2013.10.004zbMATH Open1291.91062OpenAlexW2159164173MaRDI QIDQ2437169FDOQ2437169

Authors: Michalis Drouvelis, Alejandro Saporiti, Nicolaas J. Vriend 

Publication date: 3 March 2014

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

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

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zbMATH Keywords

powerNash equilibriumideologyelectoral competitionexperimental evidenceelectoral uncertainty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Valence influence in electoral competition with rank objectives
• A theory of policy differentiation in single issue electoral politics
• Location games with references
• Electoral competition under costly policy implementation
• A model of political competition with activists applied to the elections of 1989 and 1995 in Argentina
• Retrospective voting and party polarization
• Redistribution, power sharing and inequality concern
• Political Motivations
• A theory of political gridlock
• Can paying politicians well reduce corruption? The effects of wages and uncertainty on electoral competition
• Entry-deterring policy differentiation by electoral candidates
• Examining the impact of electoral competition and endogenous lobby formation on equilibrium policy platforms
• Power sharing and electoral equilibrium
• Policy polarization, primaries, and strategic voters
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Uses Software

• Gambit
• Z-Tree

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