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A spatial model of political competition and proportional representation

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  • Ignacio Ortuño Ortín

    (Universidad de Alicante)

Abstract

A spatial model of party competition is studied in which, (i) Parties are supposed to have ideology. By this we mean that their goal is to maximize the welfare of their constituencies. (ii) The policy implemented after the election does not need to coincide with the one proposed by the winner. The policy implemented should be a compromise that considers the proposals made by the different parties. In the case of proportional representation this compromise is modelled as a convex combination of the proposed policies with weights proportional to the number of votes obtained by each party. We provide so me existence theorems and compare the equilibrium in our model with the equilibrium that exists under so me probabilistic models.. It is also shown that proportional representation will create incentives far the parties to announce radical platforms.

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  • Ignacio Ortuño Ortín, 1996. "A spatial model of political competition and proportional representation," Working Papers. Serie AD 1996-01, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    • Handle: RePEc:ivi:wpasad:1996-01
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    1. Al-Jarhi, Mabid, 2016. "The Islamic Political System: A Basic Value Approach," MPRA Paper 72702, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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