The effect of ideology on policy outcomes in proportional representation systems
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چکیده
In this paper we propose a model in which there are ideological and strategic voters who vote under poportional rule. We prove that the behavior of ideological voters matters for the determination of the outcome. We show that a subset of strategic voters partially counteracts the votes of the ideological voters. JEL Classification Numbers: C72, D72.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical Social Sciences
دوره 62 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011