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other ways to strengthen media competition − such as increased polarization and prevention of collusion − critically depends …
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We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The … classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing …
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We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The … classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing …
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decisions about the level of the public good. We derive the following results: i) Political competition is a necessary but not a … select institutions which restrict the power of politicians. iii) In conjunction with political competition, these …
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Recent developments in information and communication technologies allow candidates for office to engage in sophisticated messaging strategies to influence voter choice. We consider how access to different technologies influence the choice of policy platforms by candidates. We find that when...
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at the party level is inversely correlated with uncertainty-based measures of electoral competition, suggesting that … movements in long run ENP closer to 2 are an indicator of more rather than less electoral competition. …
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electoral competition. In this paper, we advance research on electoral competition by developing a multidimensional model of … electoral competition in which parties compete for electoral support by raising the electoral salience of position issues. We …
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We consider campaign competition in which candidates compete for votes among a continuum of voters by engaging in … to the vote-share maximizing game. If the candidates are symmetric ex ante, both types of electoral competition dissipate …
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