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Electoral competition with strategic voters

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  • Claudia Meroni

    (Department of Economics (University of Verona))

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A recent literature has found a positive relationship between the disproportionality of the electoral system and the convergence of parties’ positions. Such a relationship depends crucially on the assumption that voting is sincere. We show that, when voters are players in the game and not simply automatons that vote for their favorite party, two policy-motivated parties always take extreme positions in equilibrium.

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  • Claudia Meroni, 2017. "Electoral competition with strategic voters," Working Papers 07/2017, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
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    1. Francesco De Sinopoli & Claudia Meroni, 2019. "Poisson voting games: proportional rule," Working Papers 11/2019, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
    2. Francesco De Sinopoli & Claudia Meroni, 2022. "Poisson voting games under proportional rule," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 58(3), pages 507-526, April.

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    Keywords

    Voting theory; strategic voting; electoral competition; power sharing.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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