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The Electoral Politics of Extreme Policies

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Glazer, Amihai
Gradstein, Mark
Konrad, Kai A

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A government may adopt extreme policies (policies lying outside the interval between the ideal points of the political parties) for electoral purposes. It can benefit when a change in policy is costly and when the opposing party cannot commit to maintaining the status quo.

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Article provided by Royal Economic Society in its journal The Economic Journal.

Volume (Year): 108 (1998)
Issue (Month): 451 (November)
Pages: 1677-85
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