Optimal districting with endogenous party platforms
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Keywords
Districting; Seat–vote curve; Social planner; Policy motivated parties; Office-motivated parties; Voting; Legislative elections;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
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