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Browsing by Subject "D72"
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Title:The Pro-Competitive Effect of Campaign Limits in Non-Majoritarian Elections
Author(s):IARYCZOWER, Matias; MATTOZZI, AndreaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study a model of elections in non-majoritarian systems that captures the link between competition in policies and competition in campaign spending. We argue that the overall competitiveness of the political arena depends ...
Title:Turnout and Policy: The role of candidates
Author(s):VALASEK, Justin MattiasDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Turnout is an important determinant of which candidate wins an election. Since candidates know this, it follows that they will consider turnout when choosing their policy platforms. In this paper I formally examine the ...
Title:Lexicographic Voting
Author(s):KLINGELHÖFER, JanDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper reconsiders the division of the literature on electoral competition into models with forwardlooking
voters and those with backward-looking voters by combining ideas from both strands of the
literature. As long ...
Title:Pork Versus Public Goods: An Experimental Study of Public Good Provision Within a Legislative Bargaining Framework
Author(s):FRÉCHETTE, Guillaume R.; KAGEL, John H.; MORELLI, MassimoDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We experimentally investigate a legislative bargaining model with both public and particularistic goods. Consistent with the qualitative implications of the model: There is near exclusive public good provision in the pure ...
Title:Turnout and Power Sharing
Author(s):HERRERA, Helios; MORELLI, MassimoDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Differences in electoral rules and/or legislative, executive or legal institutions across countries induce different mappings from election outcomes to distributions of power. We explore how these different mappings affect ...
Title:Fixing the Quorum: Representation versus Abstention
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The majority of the participating voters in referenda does not
necessarily re°ect the majority of the whole population since voters can ab-
stain. This paper shows that a quorum exists for which the outcome of the
referendum ...
Title:Rent Seeking, Market Structure and Growth
Author(s):BROU, Daniel; RUTA, MicheleDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We construct a model where firms compete in both political and economic markets. In political markets, firms compete for influence over government transfer policy (rents). This activity can be beneficial for the firm, but ...
Title:The Political Economy of Immigrants' Naturalization
Author(s):MARIANI, FabioDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper provides the first political economy model in which self-interested
natives decide when voting rights should be granted to foreign-born workers.
This choice is driven by the maximization of net gains from ...