A model of candidate location with endogenous valence

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 347-366

  Zakharov, Alexei V ^a  

^a CENTRAL ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electoral competition; Polarization; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849148920     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9362-2     Document Type: Article

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