Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control

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Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control

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Silvia Dominguez Martinez () (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam)
Otto H. Swank () (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)

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This discussion paper has resulted in a publication in the 'Social Choice and Welfare', 26(3), 527-45.

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- Silvia Dominguez-Martinez & Otto Swank, 2006. "Polarization, Information Collection and Electoral Control," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 527-545, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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