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

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 …

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 …

I study a one-dimensional Hotelling-Downs model of electoral competition in which unelectable fringe candidates with …

competition to represent the interaction of these beliefs with platform selection. Both parties gain more from appealing to the …. Instead, they make their vote choice on the basis of (imprecise) subjective beliefs. I propose a new model of partisan … voters with more precise beliefs over their platform. Candidates viewed with less precision overall gain relatively more from …

This paper studies the effect of social learning on political outcomes in a model of informative campaign advertising … information, on voters' learning about candidates running for office, and on the polarization of the electoral outcome. In … erroneous beliefs about the characteristics of the candidates running for office. In turn, a richer communication network among …