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Voting for mobile citizens

This paper analyzes inter- and intraregional redistribution in a centralized state using the citizen-candidate model. It focuses on conflicting interests among regions and among citizens of varying mobility. If discrimination with respect to place of residence and degree of mobility is possible, diversity of interests is high. Under the plurality rule and with sincere voting, the largest socioeconomic group of citizens supplies the winning candidate and discriminates against all other groups. However, if discrimination with respect to the degree of mobility is constrained, mobile citizens may gain power and interregional redistribution is reduced.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 2008,17

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Voting
mobility
inter- and intraregional redistribution
discrimination

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Wrede, Matthias
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
(wo)
Marburg
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Wrede, Matthias
  • Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

Entstanden

  • 2008

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