Arbeitspapier
Electoral bias and policy choice: Theory and evidence
This paper develops an approach to studying how bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of electoral districting affects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of electoral bias to the theory of party competition and show how this affects party strategy in theory. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated using data on local government in England. The results suggest that reducing electoral bias leads parties to moderate their policies.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. 07/06
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Wahlverhalten
Parteiprogramm
Großbritannien
Meinung
Politische Willensbildung
Ökonometrisches Modell
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Besley, Timothy
Preston, Ian
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
- (where)
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London
- (when)
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2007
- DOI
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doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2007.0706
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Besley, Timothy
- Preston, Ian
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Time of origin
- 2007
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