Platform stickiness in a spatial voting model

Luca Lambertini ()

Economics Bulletin, 2007, vol. 4, issue 40, 1-11

Abstract: The spatial voting approach is extended to account for the existence of a loyalty effect driving the choice of parties' platforms during elections. There emerges a non-linear relationship between these variable, whereby a party sticking to its historical heritage may lose to a rival more keen to approach the position of the median voter, whose pivotal role is also investigated.

Keywords: elections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C7 D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-10-30
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