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Ideological versus Downsian political competition

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de EconomĂ­aes
dc.contributor.authorOrtuño, Ignacio
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-02T10:39:59Z
dc.date.available2012-07-02T10:39:59Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
dc.description.abstractWe analyze a one-dimensional model of spatial political competition with two parties and uncertainty on the distribution of voters’ types. We assume that parties are formed by regular members and professional politicians; members care about the policy enacted, while professional politicians, on the contrary, care only about winning the election. We consider two possibilities: that members choose the political platforms and that professional politicians are the ones who choose such platforms. The expected utility for party members is analyzed under these two cases. We find that when professional politicians have no informational advantage, it is on the interest of both parties to let professional politicians choose the platforms. Only in the case in which professional politicians have much better information than the members of the party about voters is it possible that party members obtain a greater expected utility choosing the platforms themselves rather than letting the professional politicians choose.
dc.description.sponsorshipI wish to acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Educacion, projects no. PB94 1504, PB93 0342, PB97 0131 and D.G.I.C.T. mobility grant
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationSocial Choice and Welfare, 2002, v. 19, n. 3, pp. 551-567
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s003550100132
dc.identifier.issn1432-217X
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage551
dc.identifier.publicationissue3
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage567
dc.identifier.publicationtitleSocial Choice and Welfare
dc.identifier.publicationvolume19
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10016/5500
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/10016/5517
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003550100132
dc.rights© Springer
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dc.subject.ecienciaEconomĂ­a
dc.subject.otherPartidos polĂ­ticos
dc.subject.otherSociologĂ­a polĂ­tica
dc.titleIdeological versus Downsian political competition
dc.typeresearch article*
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dc.type.reviewPeerReviewed
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