Artikel

Electoral competition with strategic disclosure

Recent developments in information and communication technologies allow candidates for office to engage in sophisticated messaging strategies to influence voter choice. We consider how access to different technologies influence the choice of policy platforms by candidates. We find that when candidates can target messages to specific voter groups, platforms are more likely to be inefficient. In particular, when candidates can run targeted campaigns, they commit to projects that benefit small groups even when the social cost of these projects outweigh their benefits. Our results are robust to negative advertising.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 10 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1-17 ; Basel: MDPI

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Advertising
Thema
electoral competition
multidimensional policy space
microtargeting
office-motivated candidates
negative campaigning
strategic disclosure

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bizzotto, Jacopo
Solow, Benjamin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
MDPI
(wo)
Basel
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.3390/g10030029
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Bizzotto, Jacopo
  • Solow, Benjamin
  • MDPI

Entstanden

  • 2019

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