Degan, Arianna; Merlo, Antonio - In: Journal of Economic Theory 144 (2009) 5, pp. 1868-1894
In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote "ideologically" (i.e., they always vote for the candidate who is ideologically "closest" to them) testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single election,...