Extremism, Campaigning and Ambiguity
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- Westermark, Andreas, 2004. "Extremism, campaigning and ambiguity," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 47(2), pages 421-452, May.
- Westermark, A., 1999. "Extremism, Campaigning and Ambiguity," Papers 1999:9, Uppsala - Working Paper Series.
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Political Parties; Campaigning;JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D89 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Other
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-1999-07-28 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-MIC-1999-07-28 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-1999-07-28 (Positive Political Economics)
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