endogenously influence whether learning occurs through its policy choices (policy experimentation), future political competition … unilaterally, but faces competition from a political opponent in the future. Both parties care about voters payoffs, but they have … different beliefs about how policy choices will map into future economic outcomes. We show that when the incumbent party can …

other ways to strengthen media competition − such as increased polarization and prevention of collusion − critically depends …

This paper studies adaptive learning in the class of weighted network games. This class of games includes applications … show that quite general learning processes converge to a Nash equilibrium of a weighted network game if every player …

. -- coordination ; heterogeneity ; adaptive learning ; non-linear system ; feedback …

this end, we set up a two-stage political competition model and test its key mechanisms in the lab. At the entry stage … campaign by making non-binding promises to voters. Confirming the model's key predictions, we find in the experiment that …

electoral competition. In this paper, we advance research on electoral competition by developing a multidimensional model of … electoral competition in which parties compete for electoral support by raising the electoral salience of position issues. We …

decisions about the level of the public good. We derive the following results: i) Political competition is a necessary but not a … select institutions which restrict the power of politicians. iii) In conjunction with political competition, these …

We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The … classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing …