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We develop a model of elections in which parties choose their ideological position and the ideology of their candidates. Tighter candidate selection reduces policy uncertainty for voters. We show that weak institutional con- straints, as in a Presidential regime, induce parties to allow their...
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to well-known security measures - an extension of democracy, a rule by a committee of several politicians, more …In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to … decentralization via the division of power and federalism, and a strengthening of civil society significantly reduce politicians …
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Using a novel biographical database including all Presidents and presidential candidates in Colombia for the period 1833-2010 I show that the value of a political connection can be quantified in terms of the votes transferred within a political network. I consider three types of political...
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