Dynamic elections and ideological polarization

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11640/17:00483652

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pan.2017.24" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pan.2017.24</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pan.2017.24" target="_blank" >10.1017/pan.2017.24</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dynamic elections and ideological polarization

Original language description

How does political polarization affect the welfare of the electorate? We analyze this question using a framework in which two policy and office motivated parties compete in an infinite sequence of elections. We propose two novel measures to describe the degree of conflict among agents: antagonism is the disagreement between parties, extremism is the disagreement between each party and the representative voter. These two measures do not coincide when parties care about multiple issues. We show that forward-looking parties have an incentive to implement policies favored by the representative voter, in an attempt to constrain future challengers. This incentive grows as antagonism increases. On the other hand, extremism decreases the electorate’s welfare. We discuss the methodological and empirical implications for the existing measures of political actors’ ideal points and for the debate on elite polarization.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50201 - Economic Theory

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Political Analysis

ISSN

1047-1987

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

30

Pages from-to

505-534

UT code for WoS article

000423295500006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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