Political Awareness and Microtargeting of Voters in Electoral Competition
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Electoral competition; multidimensional policy space; microtargeting; dog-whistle politics; ideological candidates; verifiable information; unawareness; framing; prudent rationalizability; forward-induction;All these keywords.
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- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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