Colomer, Josep M.; Llavador, Humberto - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3 (2012) 1/2, pp. 73-93
This paper presents a model of electoral competition focusing on the formation of the public agenda. An incumbent government and a challenger party in opposition compete in elections by choosing the issues that will key out their campaigns. Giving salience to an issue implies proposing an...