Combining elements of economic reasoning and political science has proven to be very
useful for understanding the broad variation in economic development around the world. In …

Previous empirical research has developed stochastic electoral mod'els for Britain, the
United States Israel, and other polities. The work suggests that convergence to an electoral …

This paper considers an electoral equilibrium between two party coalitions. Each coalition is
composed of two factions called activists and opportunists. Activists are interested in …