Herrera, Helios; Martinelli, César - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 1 (2006) 4, pp. 461-487
We present a model of participation in large elections in which the formation of voter groups is endogenous. Partisan citizens decide whether to become leaders (activists) and try to persuade impressionable citizens to vote for the leaders' preferred party. In the (unique) pure strategy...