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Last Minute Policies and the Incumbency Advantage
Manzoni, Elena; Penczynski, Stefan P. - CESifo - 2012
This paper models a purely informational mechanism behind the incumbency advantage. In a two-period electoral campaign with two policy issues, a specialized incumbent and an unspecialized, but possibly more competent challenger compete for election by voters who are heterogeneously informed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540256
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A Theory of Reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - CESifo - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765909
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Investment in the Absence of Property Rights: The Role of Incumbency Advantages
Konrad, Kai A. - CESifo - 2002
In many situations the individuals who can generate some output must enter a contest for appropriating this output. This paper analyses the investment incentives of such agents and the role of incumbency advantages in the contest. Depending on the advantages, an increase in the productivity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196286
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The Influence of Special Interests and Party Activists on Electoral Competition
Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume - CESifo - 2012
This paper studies the effects on electoral competition of political parties relying on monetary donations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548149
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Identification of Voters with Interest Groups Improves the Electoral Chances of the Challenger
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans Van - CESifo - 2010
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596579
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Electoral Control when Policies are for Sale
Farvaque, Etienne; Lagadec, Gael - CESifo - 2009
This article analyses the dynamics of electoral promises, building on an electoral competition model with endogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765809
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On the Size of the Winning Set in the Presence of Interest Groups
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans van - CESifo - 2006
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765946
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Endogenous Lobbying
Felli, Leonardo; Merlo, Antonio M. - CESifo - 2000
In this paper we endogenize the number and characteristics of lobbies in a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy where citizens can lobby an elected policy-maker. We find that lobbying always matters. That is, lobbying always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. Moreover, only one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094249
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The Design of Political Institutions: Electoral Competition and the Choice of Ballot Access Restrictions in the United States
Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - CESifo - 2008
potential endogeneity of institutions by examining the link between the degree of electoral competition and the design of ballot … access restrictions in the United States. Exploiting exogenous variation in electoral competition at the state level induced … independent candidates have been systematically adjusted to changing degrees of electoral competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094420