priorities by emphasizing issues selectively during the political campaign. This phenomenon, known as priming, should allow … particular, we find that stronger priming effects can backfire by constraining parties to invest more resources in all issues … "historical issues" or to engage in issue stealing. Typically, the latter happens when priming effects are strong, and historical …

voter priorities by emphasizing issues selectively during the political campaign. This phenomenon, known as priming, should …. In particular, we find that stronger priming effects can backfire by constraining parties to invest more resources in all … focus on their “historical issues†or to engage in issue stealing. Typically, the latter happens when priming effects are …

salient issues. We write a model of multiparty competition with endogenous issue salience, where, in equilibrium, parties …: increasing the importance of favorable issues ('the salience incentive'), and revealing their positions on salient issues to …

salient issues. We write a model of multiparty competition with endogenous issue salience, where, in equilibrium, parties …: increasing the importance of favorable issues ('the salience incentive'), and revealing their positions on salient issues to …