Competence and ideology

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 487-522

  Bernhardt, Dan ^a   Câmara, Odilon ^b   Squintani, Francesco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citizen candidate; Incumbent; Repeated elections; Spatial model; Valence

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ELECTION; MODEL TEST; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953304069     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdq019     Document Type: Article

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