Electoral competition with policy-motivated candidates
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Electoral competition with policy-motivated candidates
In the multi-dimensional spatial model of elections with two policymotivated candidates, we prove that the candidates must adopt the same policy platform in equilibrium. Moreover, when the number of voters is odd, if the gradients of the candidates’ utility functions point in different directions, then they must locate at some voter’s ideal point and a strong symmetry condition must be satisfie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Games and Economic Behavior
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0899-8256
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.11.006