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This article exposes the dynamics of electoral promises, building on an electoral competition model with endogenous policies. This framework allows to deal with the intertemporal dimension needed to understand the prevalent cycle of promises, disappointment, new promises, new disappointment

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Etienne Farvaque () (Equippe - Universités de Lille, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales, France.)
Gaël Lagadec () (Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie)

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Paper provided by Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA) in its series Working Papers DULBEA with number 08-14.RS.

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Keywords: Lobbies Promises Elections Electoral competition Lies

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D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
P16 - Economic Systems - - Capitalist Systems - - - Political Economy of Capitalism

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