Distributive Politics: Does Electoral Competition Promote Inequality?.

Within this framework of pure redistriubtion (dividing one unit of a homogeneous good among identical individuals), the paper analyses the redistributions that arise from Downsian two-party electoral competition. It appears that the strategic behavior of vote-maximizing parties lead them to propose divisions which are not far from the egalitarian one.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Laslier, J.-F. ; Picard, N.
Institutions:	Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain
Subject:	COMPETITION \| POLITICS \| VOTING

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Series:	Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	26 pages
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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