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Electoral Competition with Primaries and Quality Asymmetries
Grofman, Bernard; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2019)We introduce primaries—both closed and open—into a Downsian model of two-party electoral competition allowing the two candidates in each party’s primary to differ in valence as well as in policy platform. The good news is ...
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Electoral competition with primaries and quality asymmetries
Grofman, Bernard; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)
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Electoral Rule Disproportionality and Platform Polarization
Matakos, Konstantinos; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)Despite common perception, existing theoretical literature lacks a complete formal argument regarding the relationship between the electoral rule disproportionality and platform polarization. In this article, we build a ...
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Electoral rules, strategic entry and polarization
Bol, Damien; Matakos, Konstantinos; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2019)How does electoral rule disproportionality affect the structure of the party system (i.e. the number and the policy platforms of the competing parties)? By studying a model where both party entry and platform choice are ...
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Incomplete information, proportional representation and strategic voting
Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)We introduce incomplete information to a multiparty election under proportional representation: each voter knows her preferences and votes strategically to maximize her payoffs, but is uncertain about the number and the ...
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Incomplete information, proportional representation and strategic voting
Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2015)
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Turnout and Polarization Under Alternative Electoral Systems
Matakos, Konstantinos; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2015)This chapter presents a formal model of electoral competition where parties’ platforms are endogenously chosen and depend on the degree of the electoral rule disproportionality. We first show that proportional electoral ...
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Turnout and Polarization Under Alternative Electoral Systems
Matakos, Konstantinos; Troumpounis, Orestis; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2015)This chapter presents a formal model of electoral competition where parties’ platforms are endogenously chosen and depend on the degree of the electoral rule disproportionality. We first show that proportional electoral ...