The Electoral Politics of Extreme Policies.
A government may adopt extreme policies (policies lying outside the interval between the ideal points of the political parties) for electoral purposes. It can benefit when a change in policy is costly and when the opposing party cannot commit to maintaining the status quo.
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1998
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Authors: | Glazer, Amihai ; Gradstein, Mark ; Konrad, Kai A |
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Economic Journal. - Royal Economic Society - RES, ISSN 1468-0297. - Vol. 108.1998, 451, p. 1677-85
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Royal Economic Society - RES |
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