Title of article :
A note on uniqueness of electoral equilibrium when the median voter is unobserved
Author/Authors :
John Duggan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages :
5
From page :
240
To page :
244
Abstract :
This note considers the unidimensional electoral model in which two candidates seek to maximize their vote totals and do not observe the preferences of the voters. I show that there is a unique equilibrium and, in equilibrium, both candidates locate at the median of the (normalized) sum of distributions of individual voter ideal policies. In fact, this equilibrium is unique among all mixed strategy equilibria.
Keywords :
Median voter , Mixed strategy , Probabilistic voting , Vote maximization
Journal title :
Economics Letters
Serial Year :
2006
Journal title :
Economics Letters
Record number :
436000
Link To Document :
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