MODELS OF POLITICAL COMPETITION: LITERATURE REVIEW
Table of contents
Share
QR
Metrics
MODELS OF POLITICAL COMPETITION: LITERATURE REVIEW
Annotation
PII
S042473880000616-6-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Edition
Pages
110-128
Abstract
The author presents a review of game-theoretic models of political competition and voting. The paper begins with the formulation of the model with sincere voters, and reviews the results of this model – the existence of equilibrium in the one-dimensional case and the nonexistence in the multi-dimensional case. Provides various generalizations of the basic model – strategic voting, several candidates, probabilistic voting, etc. Special attention is given to stochastic models of voting. The methodology of empirical testing of voting models is given.
Keywords
-
Date of publication
01.01.2009
Number of purchasers
0
Views
758
Readers community rating
0.0 (0 votes)
Cite Download pdf
1

References



Additional sources and materials

Ajzerman M.A. (1981): Dinamicheskie aspekty teorii golosovaniya (obzor) // Avtomatika i telemekhanika. № 12.
Aleskerov F.T., Blagoveschenskij N.Yu., Satarov G.A., Sokolova A.V., Yakuba V.I. (2005): Soglasovannost' i vliyanie grupp i fraktsij v Gosudarstvennoj dume tret'ego sozyva po zadannoj tematike voprosov. Preprint WP7/2005/06. M.: VShEh–GU.
Aleskerov F.T., Khabina Eh.L., Shvarts D.A. (2006): Binarnye otnosheniya, grafy i kollektivnye resheniya. M.: VShEh–GU.
Novikov S.G. (1984): Ob odnoj dinamicheskoj zadache v teorii golosovaniya // Avtomatika i telemekhanika. № 1.
Chebotarev P.Yu. (1984): O nekotorykh svojstvakh traektorii v dinamicheskoj zadache golosovaniya // Avtomatika i telemekhanika. № 5.
Adams J., Merrill S. III (2005): Candidates’ Policy Platforms and Election Outcomes: The Three Faces of Policy Representation // European J. of Polit. Research. Vol. 44. № 6.
Adams J., Dow J., Merrill S. III (2006): The Political Consequences of AlienationBased and IndifferenceBased Voter Abstention: Applications to Presidential Elections // Polit. Behavior. Vol. 28. № 1.
Alesina A. (1988): Credibility and Policy Convergence in a TwoParty System with Rational Voters // American Econ. Rev. Vol. 78. № 4.
Alvarez M., Nagler J. (1998): When Politics and Models Collide: Estimating Models of Multiparty Elections // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 42. № 1.
Alvarez M., Nagler J. (2000): A New Approach for Modeling Strategic Voting in Multiparty Elections // British J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 30. № 1.
Alvarez M., Nagler J., Bowler S. (2000): Issues, Economics, and Dynamics of Multiparty Elections: The British 1987 General Elections // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 94. № 1.
Ansolabehere S., Snyder J.M. Jr. (2000): Valence Politics and Equilibrium in Spatial Elections Model // Public Choice. № 103.
Aragones E., Palfrey T.R. (2002): Mixed Equilibrium in a Downspin Model with a Favored Candidate // J. of Econ. Theory. Vol. 103. № 1.
AustenHSmith D., Banks J. (1988): Elections, Coalition, and Legislative Outcomes // American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 82. № 2.
Baron D., Ferejohn J. (1989): Bargaining in Legislatures // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 83. № 4.
Besley T., Coate S. (1997): An Economic Model of Representational Democracy // Quart. J. of Econ. № 112.
Bianco W.T., Lynch M.S., Miller G.J., Sened I. (2006): A Theory Waiting to be Discovered and Used: A Reanalysis of Canonical Experiments on Majority Rule Decision Making // J. of Politics. Vol. 68. № 4.
Black D. (1958): The Theory of Committees and Elections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bogomolnaya A., Breton M.L., Savvateev A.V., Weber S. (2006): Stability of Jurisdiction Structures under the Equal Share and Median Rules // Econ. Theory. Vol. 34. № 3.
Buchanan J.M. (1968): The Demand and Supply of Public Goods. Chicago: Rand McNelly.
Calvert R. (1985): Robustness of Multidimensional Voting Model: Candidate Motivations, Uncertainty and Con vergence // American J. of Polit. Science. № 29.
Caplin A., Nalebuff B. (1988): On the 64% Majority Rule // Econometrica. Vol. 56. № 4.
Chamberlain Ed. (1933): The Theory of Monopolistic Competition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Chisik R.A., Lemke R.J. (2004): When Winning is the Only Thing: Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria in a ThreeCan didate Spatial Voting Model. Unpublished manuscript.
Cohen L. (1979): Cyclic Sets in Multidimensional Voting Models // J. of Econ. Theory. № 20.
Cohen R.N. (1987): Symmetric 2Equilibria of Unimodal Voter Distribution Curves. Boston: Harvard University. Unpublished manuscript.
Coughlin P., Nitzan S. (1981a): Directional and Local Electoral Equilibria with Probabilistic Voting // J. of Econ. Theory. № 24.
Coughlin P., Nitzan S. (1981b): Electoral Outcomes with Probabilistic Voting and Nash Social Welfare Maxima // J. of Public Econ. Vol. 15.
Coughlin P. (1992): Probabilistic Voting Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. d’Aspermont C., Gabszewicz J.J., Thisse J.HFr. (1979): On Hotelling’s “Stability in competitions” // Econometrica. Vol. 47. № 5.
Davis O.A., Hinich M.J., Ordeshook P.C. (1970): An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process // The American Polit. Science Rev. № 64.
Davis O.A., Hinich M.J., DeGroot M.H. (1972): Social Preference Ordering and Majority Rule // Econometrica. Vol. 40. № 1.
Downs A. (1957): An Economic Theory of Democracy. N.Y.: Harper & Row.
Eaton C., Lipsey R. (1975): The Principle of Minimum Differentiation Reconsidered: Some New Developments in the Theory of Spatial Competition // Rev. of Econ. Studies. № 42.
Enelow J.M. (1984): A Generalized Model of Voting One Issue at a Time with Application to Congress // American J. of Polit. Science. № 28.
Enelow J.M., Hinich M. (1982): Nonspatial Candidate Characteristics and Electoral Competition // J. of Polit. № 44.
Enelow J.M., Hinich M. (1983): Voting One Issue at a Time: The Question of Voter Forecasts // American Polit. Science Rev. № 77.
Epple D., Kadane J.B. (1990): Sequential Voting with Endogenous Voting Forecasts // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 84. № 1.
Greenberg J., Shepsle K.A. (1987): The Effects of Electoral Rewards in Multiparty Competition with Entry // American Polit. Science Rev. № 81.
Greenberg J. (1979): Consistent Majority Rules over Compact Sets of Alternatives // Econometrica. Vol. 47. № 3.
Groceclose T. (2001): A Model of Candidate Location when One Candidate Has a Valence Advantage // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 45. № 5.
Grofman B., Withers J. (1993): InformationPooling Models of Electoral Politics. In: B. Grofman (ed.) “Information, Participation, and Choice: An Economic Theory of Democracy in perspective”. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Grofman B., Owen G., Noviello N., Glazer Am. (1987): Stability and Centrality of Legislative Choice in the Spatial Context // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 81. № 2.
Hammond Th.H., Miller G.J. (1987): The Core of the Constitution // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 81. № 4.
Hinich M., Ledyard J., Ordeshook P. (1972): Nonvoting and the Existence of Equilibrium under Majority Rule // J. of Econ. Theory. № 4.
Hinich M. (1978): The Mean Versus the Median in Spatial Voting Games. In: P. Ordeshook, (ed.) “Game Theory and Political Science”. N.Y.: NewYork University Press.
Hotelling H. (1929): Stability in Competition // The Econ. J. № 39.
Kollman K., Miller J.H., Page S. (1998): Political Parties and Electoral Landscapes // British J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 28. № 1.
Kramer G. (1977): A Dynamic Model of Political Equilibrium // J. of Econ. Theory. № 16.
Lacy D., Burden B. (1999): The VoteStealing and Turnout Effects of Ross Perot in the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election // American J. of Polit. Science. № 43.
Laver M., Shepsle K. (1990): Coalitions and Cabinet Formation // American Polit. Science Rev. № 84.
Laver M., Schilperoord M. (2006): Spatial Models of Political Competition with Endogenous Political Parties. Unpublished manuscript.
Laver M. (2005): Policy and the Dynamics of Political Competition // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 99. № 2.
Ledyard J. (1981): The Paradox of Voting and Candidate Competition: A General Equilibrium Analysis. In: G. Hornwich, J. Quirk (eds.) “Essays in Contemporary Fields of Economics”. West Lafayelle: Purdue University
Press.
Ledyard J. (1984): The Pure Theory of Large TwoCandidate Elections // Public Choice. № 44.
Lin T.HM., Enelow J., Dorussen H. (1999): Equilibrium in Multicandidate Probabilistic Spatial Voting // Public Choice. Vol. 98.
Lindback A., Weibull J.W. (1987): BalancedBudget Redistributions as the Outcome of Political Competition // Public Choice. № 52.
Lomborg B. (2006): Adaptive Parties in Multidimensional System with Imperfect Information. Unpublished manuscript.
McKelvey R., Patty J. (2006): A Theory of Voting in Large Elections // Games and Economic Behavior. Vol. 57. № 1.
McKelvey R., Ordeshook P. (1986): Information, Electoral Equilibria, and the Democratic Ideal // J. of Politics. Vol. 48. № 4.
McKelvey R., Ordeshook P. (1990): A Decade of Experimental Research on Spatial Models. In: Enelow J.M.,
M.J. Hinich (eds.) “Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
McKelvey R. (1976): Intransitivities in Multidimensional Voting models and Some Implications for Agenda Control // J. of Econ. Theory. № 18.
McKelvey R. (1979): General Conditions for Global Intransitivities in Formal Voting Models // Econometrica. Vol. 47. № 5.
McKelvey R. (1986): Covering, Dominance, and Institution Free Properties of Social Choice // American J. of Polit. Science. № 30.
Meltzer Al., Richard S. (1981): A Rational Theory of the Size of Government // J. of Polit. Economy. Vol. 89. № 5.
Miller N.R. (1980): A New Solution Set for Tournaments and Majority Voting // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 24. № 1.
Miller N.R. (2006): In Search of the Uncovered Set. Unpublished manuscript.
Myerson R.D., Weber R.J. (1993): A Theory of Voting Equilibria // American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 87. № 1.
Nash J. (1950): Equilibrium Points in nPerson Games // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. № 36.
Osborne M.J. (1995a): Candidate Positioning and Entry in a Political Competition // Games and Econ. Behavior.
Osborne M.J. (1995b): Spatial Models of Political Competition under Plurality Rule: A Survey of Some Explanations of the Number of Candidates and the Positions They Take // Canadian J. of Econ. Vol. 28. № 2.
Osborne M.J. (2000): EntryDeterring Policy Differentiation by Electoral Candidates // Math. Social Sciences. № 40.
Osborne M.J., Slivinski Al. (1996): A Model of Political Competition With CitizenCandidates // Quarterly J. of Econ. № 111.
Palfrey T.R., Rosenthal H. (1983): A Strategic Calculus of Voting // Public Choice. № 41.
Palfrey T.R., Rosenthal H. (1985): Voter Participation and Strategic Uncertainty // The American Polit. Science Rev. № 79.
Palfrey T. (1984): Spatial Equilibrium with Entry // Rev. of Econ. Studies. № 51.
Person T., Tabellini G. (2000): Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy. Boston: The MIT Press.
Plott Ch. (1967): A Notion of Equilibrium and Its Possibility under Majority Rule // American Econ. Rev. № 58.
Poole K.T. (1981): Dimensions of Interest Group Evaluations of the U.S. Senate, 1969–1978 // American J. of Polit. Science. № 25.
Poole K.T., Rosenthal H. (1984): U.S. Presidential Elections 1968–1980: A Spatial Analysis // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 28. № 2.
Poole K.T., Daniels R.S. (1985): Ideology, Party, and Voting in the U.S. Congress // The American Polit. Science Rev. Vol. 79. № 2. Quinn K., Martin A., Whitford A. (1999): Voter Choice in Multiparty Democracies: A Test of Competing Theories and Models // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 43. № 4.
Rabiniwitz G. (1978): On the Nature of Political Issues: Insight from a Spatial Analysis // American J. of Polit. Science. № 22.
Schachar R., Nalebuff B. (1999): Follow the Leader: Theory and Evidence on Political Participation // American Econ. Rev. № 62.
Schoefield N. (1977): Transitivity of Preferences on a Smooth Manifold of Alternatives // J. of Econ. Theory. № 14.
Schoefield N. (1983): Generic Instability of Majority Rule // The Rev. of Econ. Studies. № 50.
Schoefield N. (2003): Valence Competition in the Spatial Stochastic Model // J. of Theoretical Politics. Vol. 15. № 4.
Schofield N., Sened It. (2005): Modeling the Interaction of Parties, Activists, and Voters: Why is the Political Center so Empty? // European J. of Polit. Research. № 44.
Schofield N., Miller G., Martin An. (2003): Critical Elections and Political Realignment in the US: 1860–2000 // Polit. Studies. № 51.
Schofield N., Sened It., Nixon D. (1998): Nash Equilibrium in Multiparty Systems with Stochastic Voters // Annals of Operations Research. № 84.
Schofield N. (1997): Multiparty Electoral Politics. In: D. Mueller (ed.) “Perspectives on Public Choice”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schofield N. (2006): The Mean Voter Theorem: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Convergent Equilibrium // Rev. of Econ. Studies. № 42.
Sen A.K. (1976): Social Choice Theory: A Reexamination // Econometrica. № 45.
Shaked Av. (1975): NonExistence of Equilibrium for the TwoDimensional ThreeFirm Location Problem // Rev. of Econ. Studies. № 42.
Shapley Ll., Owen G. (1985): The Copeland Winner and Shapley Value in Spatial Voting Games. San Francisco: University of California, Irvine. Typescript.
Shepsle K.A. (1979): Institutional Arrangements and Equilibrium in Multidimensional Voting Models // American J. of Polit. Science. Vol. 23. № 1.
Smithies A. (1941): Optimum Location in Spatial Competition // J. of Polit. Econ. № 49.
Stokes D. (1963): Spatial Models of Party Competition // American Polit. Science Rev. № 57.
Tullock G. (1967): Toward the Mathematics of Politics. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Weber S. (1990): On the Existence of a FixedNumber Equilibrium in a Multiparty Electoral System // Math. Social Sciences. № 20.
Wittman D. (1983): Candidate Motivation: A Synthesis of Alternative Theories // American Polit. Science Rev. № 77.
Wittman D. (1990): Strategies When Candidates Have Policy Preferences. In: Enelow J.M., Melvin J. Hinich (eds.) “Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Zakharov Al.V. (2005): Candidate Location and Endogenous Valence // EERC. № 05/17.
Zakharov Al.V. (2006): Voter Turnout in a Spatial Model of Elections. Unpublished manuscript.

Comments

No posts found

Write a review
Translate