Partially Binding Platforms: Campaign Promises vis-a-vis Cost of Betrayal
Partially Binding Platforms: Campaign Promises vis-a-vis Cost of Betrayal
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部分约束平台:竞选承诺与背叛成本
DOI:
10.1111/jere.12053
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Yasushi Asako
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作者:
Gary Hansen;Minchung Hsu and Junsang Lee;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;Minchung Hsu;荒渡良・宮本由紀;荒渡良;Yasushi Asako
This study examines and models the effects of partially binding campaign platforms in a political competition. Here, a candidate who implements a policy that differs from the platform must pay a cost of betrayal, which increases with the size of the discrepancy. I also analyse endogenous decisions by citizens to run for an election. In particular, the model is able to show two implications that previous frameworks have had difficulty with. First, candidates with different characteristics have different probabilities of winning an election. Second, even knowing that he/she will lose an election, a candidate will still run, hoping to make an opponent’s policy approach his/her own policy.