Equilibria in Multi-dimensional, Multi-party Spatial Competition
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We develop a model of multi-candidate electoral competition in a multi-dimensional policy space with strategic voters. We show that when the distribution of voter ideal points is log-concave, there exist pure-strategy subgame perfect equilibria in weakly undominated strategies in which platforms are located in the minmax set. Analytical and numerical results suggest that the size of the minmax set is relatively “small” under reasonable assumptions.
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