Public choice, 2001-07, Vol.108 (1/2), p.77-100
2001
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Inter-Party Competition, Intra-Party Competition, and Distributive Policy: A Model and Test Using New Deal Data
- Ist Teil von
- Public choice, 2001-07, Vol.108 (1/2), p.77-100
- Ort / Verlag
- Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2001
- Quelle
- EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This paper presents a theoretical model examining the influence of two stylized types of voters: "loyal voters" and "swing voters". The model shows why both types of voters will influence the distribution of benefits by a reelection-seeking incumbent, and it predicts how their influence will vary with the importance of the general election relative to that of the primary: closer competition between parties in the general election, ceteris paribus, increases the influence of swing voters relative to that of loyal voters. County-level data on the allocation of money and jobs by New Deal relief programs confirm the model's predictions.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0048-5829eISSN: 1573-7101DOI: 10.1023/A:1017572515367Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60578836
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Antipoverty Programs, Candidates, Censuses, Data files, Decision Models, Economic models, Economic theory, Elections, Employment, Hypotheses, Incumbency, Incumbents, New Deal, Nominations, Political conventions, Political parties, Politicians, Presidential elections, Primaries & caucuses, Primary elections, Reelection, Resource Allocation, Studies, Unemployment, Voter behavior, Voters, Voting, Voting Behavior, Voting rights