E Dal Bó, F Finan - Annual Review of Economics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
We provide a model of self-selection by candidates in a probabilistic voting environment to shed light on the forces shaping the quality of politicians from both the supply and demand …
This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). As in the previous additions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include …
The congressional agenda, Frances Lee contends, includes many issues about which liberals and conservatives generally agree. Even over these matters, though, Democratic …
Why have so many established political parties across Latin America collapsed in recent years? Party Brands in Crisis offers an explanation that highlights the effect of elite actions …
This book integrates spatial and behavioral perspectives-in a word, those of the Rochester and Michigan schools-into a unified theory of voter choice and party strategy. The theory …
In many young democracies, local politics remain a bastion of nondemocratic practices, from corruption to clientelism to abuse of power. In a context where these practices are …
What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, with voters forming …
T Groseclose - American Journal of Political Science, 2001 - JSTOR
This article extends the Calvert-Wittman candidate-location model by allowing one candidate to have a valence advantage over the other, due to, say, superior character …
B Canes-Wrone, MC Herron, KW Shotts - American Journal of Political …, 2001 - JSTOR
We develop an informational theory that analyzes conditions under which a reelection- seeking executive will act in the public interest. The theory considers factors such as …