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Factions and Political Competition [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Political Economy, 2011
This paper presents a new model of political competition in which candidates belong to factions. Before elections, factions compete to direct local public goods to their local constituencies. The model of factional competition delivers a rich set of implications relating the internal organization of the party to the allocation of resources. In doing so,
Nicola Persico   +2 more
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Competition in Politics

1994
Government, by nature, is coercive. The fundamental transaction of government — the exchange of protection for tribute — makes government coercive because it must be in a position to forcibly deter aggressors in order to protect its citizens. Citizens want their governments to have the power to protect them, but this same power can be used against them
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The number of parties and political competition

1991
If we view one-party politics as monopoly and representative democracy as “a competitive struggle for people’s votes”, 1 an increase in the number of political parties should appear the best device to keep public choices close to voters’ preferences. Still, there is something puzzling in the proposition “the more the parties, the better the democracy”,
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Political competition and leadership in tax competition [PDF]

open access: possible, 2011
In this paper, we introduce political competition in a sequential move tax competition game between two regions for foreign owned mobile capital. It shows that in case of sequential move, political delegation takes place only in the follower region, not in the leader region.
Rupayan Pal, Ajay Sharma
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The Politics of Poverty: Political Competition in Soweto

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 1980
RESUMEDepuis les emeutes de 1976, la politique locale dans les communautes du sud-ouest de Johannesburg a ete dominee par la lutte tripartite entre le Committee of Ten (plus tard Soweto Civil Association—SCA), le Soweto Council favorise par le gouvernement sudafricain et le mouvement Inkatha s'appuyant principalement sur les Zulu.
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Endogenous political competition and political accountability

Economics Letters, 2009
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Mass Media Competition, Political Competition, and Public Policy

The Review of Economic Studies, 2004
Summary: If better informed voters receive favourable policies, then mass media will affect policy because mass media provide most of the information people use in voting. This paper models the incentives of the media to deliver news to different groups.
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The Political Economy of Competitiveness in an Enlarged Europe

2001
-- The enlargement problematique: heterogeneity, catching up and convergence -- The neglected importance of OPT in CEECs' foreign trade -- OPT partnership at firm-level: a 'learning approach' -- The transformation of a policy instrument -- The politics of OPT -- Theories of regional economic integration ...
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Political Competition

2020
Jennifer Cyr, Alexis Work
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