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Morelli, Massimo; Nicolò, Antonio; Roberti, Paolo - 2021

specific policy commitment (trustees). In a two-party competition, the unique asymmetric equilibrium is such that voters with … with populism in the literature. Hence, this paper puts forward a commitment theory of populism. …

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The Duverger-Demsetz perspective on electoral competitiveness and fragmentation : with application to the Canadian parliamentary system, 1867-2011

Ferris, John Stephen; Winer, Stanley L.; Grofman, Bernard - 2016

We combine Duverger's Law (1954) with Demsetz's (1968) theory of natural monopoly to provide a novel perspective on electoral competitiveness in a single member district, plurality rule system. In the framework we develop, competitiveness depends on the contestability of elections, which...

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Electoral competition with rationally inattentive voters

Matĕjka, Filip; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2016 - This version: January 2016

How do voters allocate costly attention to alternative political issues? And how does selective ignorance of voters interact with policy design by politicians? We address these questions by developing a model of electoral competition with rationally inattentive voters. Rational inattention...

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Endogenous lobbying

Felli, Leonardo; Merlo, Antonio - 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...

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Does party competition affect political activism?

Hager, Anselm; Hermle, Johannes; Hensel, Lukas; Roth, … - 2020

Does party competition aﬀect political activism? This paper studies the decision of party supporters to join political campaigns. We present a framework that incorporates supporters' instrumental and expressive motives and illustrates that party competition can either increase or decrease...

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Exposition to corruption and political participation : evidence from Italian municipalities

Giommoni, Tommaso - 2017

The aim of this paper is to study the effect of local corruption on political participation which is mediated by the press. Focusing on Italy, we generate a daily measure of exposition to local corruption screening articles of main Italian press agency. Applying an event-study methodology on...

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Measuring electoral competitiveness : with application to the Indian States

Bhusana Dash, Bharatee; Ferris, John Stephen; Winer, … - 2018

We consider alternative methods of measuring the competitiveness of a majoritarian electoral system in the context of an analysis of Indian State elections. Our analysis highlights a number of weaknesses in the construction and interpretation of commonly used measures such as the effective...

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Political competitiveness and fiscal structure : a time series analysis : Canada, 1870 - 2015

Ferris, John Stephen; Winer, Stanley L. - 2018

We investigate the extent to which the intensity of political competition moderates the governance issues that arise in relation to Canada’s fiscal structure. By fiscal structure we mean three distinct but interrelated fiscal dimensions of the state: financial stability, long run size and...

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Fact-checking politicians

Mattozzi, Andrea; Nocito, Samuel; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2022

-checking may also increase the ambiguity of politicians' statements. …

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A two-ball Ellsberg paradox

Jabarian, Brian; Lazarus, Simon - 2023

avoid ambiguity even when it means choosing dominated options. In contrast to the literature, we find that 55% of subjects … that such a preference is not mainly due to a lack of understanding. We conclude that subjects avoid ambiguity per se … rather than avoiding ambiguity because it may yield a worse outcome. Such behavior cannot be reconciled with existing models …

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