کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
969948 1479488 2008 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Policy platforms, campaign spending and voter participation
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Policy platforms, campaign spending and voter participation
چکیده انگلیسی

We model electoral competition between two parties in a winner-take-all election. Parties choose strategically first their platforms and then their campaign spending under aggregate uncertainty about voters' preferences. We use the model to examine why campaign spending in the United States has increased at the same time that politics has become more polarized. We find that a popular explanation — more accurate targeting of campaign spending — is not consistent. While accurate targeting may lead to greater spending, it also leads to less polarization. We argue that a better explanation is that voters preferences have become more volatile from the point of view of parties at the moment of choosing policy positions. This both raises campaign spending and increases polarization. It is also consistent with the observation that voters have become less committed to the two parties.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 92, Issues 3–4, April 2008, Pages 501–513
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