Electoral competition in a multidimensional political arena - parallel moves instead of convergence in policy platforms

Arbeitspapier

This paper provides a theoretical model of electoral competition in a multidimensional political arena with a heterogenous electorate and politically active interest groups. The emerging pattern of movement in policy platforms is fundamentally different to the concept of convergence proposed by the spatial theory of voting. Rather than the centre of the scale of policy preference, its extreme ends, occupied by dominant-issue-voters and interest groups, attract the policy platforms. The platforms move in parallel instead of towards each other, while the difference in policy platforms is reduced only under certain conditions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Finanzwissenschaftliche Arbeitspapiere ; No. 64

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
• Subject: voters ; interest groups ; ideology ; political parties ; convergence ; Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie ; Politische Entscheidung ; Politische Partei ; Wettbewerb ; Median Voter ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bischoff, Ivo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• (where): Gießen
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22370
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET