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selection effect than by reelection incentives. -- Political competition ; political selection ; probabilistic voting …
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Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select candidates between party loyalists and experts, and allocate them into the electoral districts. Non-ideological voters, who care about national and...
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elections, we find that winning an election increases candidates' chances to win the next election by 25.1 percentage points …In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In … practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these …
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Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select candidates between party loyalists and experts, and allocate them into the electoral districts. Non-ideological voters, who care about national and...
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campaigns. During the 2011 municipal elections in Milan, a sample of eligible voters was randomly divided into three groups. Two …
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