Lambertini, Luca
(2007)
Platform Stickiness in a Spatial Voting Model.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 13.
DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4686.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(596).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
The spatial voting approach is extended to account for the existence of a loyalty effect driving the choice of parties’ platforms during elections. There emerges a non-linear relationship between these variable, whereby a party sticking to its historical heritage may lose to a rival more keen to approach the position of the median voter, whose pivotal role is also investigated.
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