A model of endogenous political party platforms

Gomberg, Andrei; Marhuenda, Francisco; Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio

A model of endogenous political party platforms

Author(s): Gomberg, Andrei; Marhuenda, Francisco; Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio

Publisher: Springer

Issued date: 2004-08

Citation: Economic Theory, 2004, v. 24, n. 2, pp. 373-394

ISSN: 1432-0479 (Online)

DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0428-6

Sponsor: Ortuño-Ortín gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Project BEC2001-1653 and Project BEC2001-0980, respectively; A. Gomberg gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Asociación Mexicana de Cultura

Review: PeerReviewed

Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00199-003-0428-6

Keywords: Endogenous party formation , Multidimensional policy space

JEL Classification: D72 , C62

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/4174

Rights: © Springer

Abstract:

We develop a model of endogenous party platform formation in a multidimensional policy space. Party platforms depend on the composition of the parties’ primary electorate. The overall social outcome is taken to be a weighted average of party platforms and ind [+]

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