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Candidate quality in a Downsian Model with a continuous policy space
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Aragonés, Enriqueta (2011)This paper characterizes a mixed strategy Nash equilibrium in a one-dimensional Downsian model of two-candidate elections with a continuous policy space, where candidates are office motivated and one candidate enjoys a ...
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Candidate quality in a Downsian Model with a continuous policy space
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Aragonés, Enriqueta (2011)
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Candidate quality in a Downsian model with a continuous policy space
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Aragonés, Enriqueta (2012)This paper characterizes a unique mixed strategy Nash equilibrium in a one-dimensional Downsian model of two-candidate elections with a continuous policy space, where candidates are office motivated and one candidate enjoys ...
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Candidate quality in a Downsian model with a continuous policy space
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Aragonés, Enriqueta (2012)This paper characterizes a unique mixed strategy Nash equilibrium in a one-dimensional Downsian model of two-candidate elections with a continuous policy space, where candidates are office motivated and one candidate enjoys ...
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Candidate valence in a spatial model with entry
Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)
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Candidate valence in a spatial model with entry
Xefteris, Dimitrios (2018)This paper studies electoral competition between two purely office-motivated and heterogeneous (in terms of valence) established candidates when the entry of a lesser-valence third candidate is anticipated. In this model, ...
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Citizens or Clients? Evidence on Opportunistic Voting from a Natural Experiment in Greece
Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)
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Constitutional Design and Political Communication
Xefteris, Dimitrios (2009)
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Divide and rule: redistribution in a model with differentiated candidates
Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2017)We study an electoral competition model in which each voter is characterized by income level and non-economic characteristics, and where two vote share maximizing candidates, with fixed non-economic characteristics ...
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Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?
Hangartner, Dominik; Dinas, Elias; Marbach, Moritz; Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2019)Although Europe has experienced unprecedented numbers of refugee arrivals in recent years, there exists almost no causal evidence regarding the impact of the refugee crisis on natives’ attitudes, policy preferences, and ...
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Economic insecurity and political stability: a case for growth-targeting systemic vote
Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2020)Abstract. In this paper, we focus on the years before the Great Recession (1960–2007) and, after addressing possible issues of endogeneity, we study the effect
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An economic model of strategic electoral rule choice under uncertainty
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Matakos, Konstantinos (2011)We study electoral rule choice in a multi-party model where parties are o¢ ce-motivated and uncertainty over the electoral outcome is present. We show that when all dominant parties (parties with positive probability of ...
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Election note: The September 20, 2015 parliamentary election in Greece
Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2016)
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Electoral competition under costly policy implementation
Xefteris, Dimitrios; Zudenkova, Galina (2018)This paper analyzes a unidimensional electoral competition model between two policy-motivated candidates, assuming that the elected candidate has to incur an idiosyncratic policy implementation cost. Think of this as the ...
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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 competition with third party entry in the lab
Tsakas, Nikolas; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2018)Electoral competition between two vote-share maximizing candidates in the context of the unidimensional spatial model leads to platform convergence: both candidates end up proposing the ideal policy of the median voter ...
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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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Electoral Spillovers in an Intertwined World: Brexit Effects on the 2016 Spanish Vote
Delis, Agelos; Matakos, Konstantinos; Xefteris, Dimitrios (2020)he Brexit vote took place three days before the June 26, 2016, Spain’s parliamentary elections, in which anti-systemic parties performed worse compared to the previous elections (December 2015) despite the optimistic ...