CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN A CITIZEN CANDIDATE MODEL

Author: EGUIA, JON X.

Source: Economics and Politics, Volume 18, Number 1, March 2006 , pp. 95-102(8)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract:

This work follows the citizen candidate model of Besley and Coate (1997) to show that for a unidimensional policy issue, a moderate default policy rules out equilibrium outcomes in which there is an uncontested candidate.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0343.2006.00164.x

Affiliations: 1: California Institute of Technology , Email: jon@hss.caltech.edu

Publication date: 2006-03-01

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