(Not) Addressing Issues in Electoral Campaigns
Barberà, Salvador 1946- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Gerber, Anke (Universität Hamburg)
MOVE - Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics

Date:	2023
Description:	33 pàg.
Abstract:	Two candidates competing for election may raise some issues for debate during the electoral campaign, while avoiding others. We present a model in which the decision to introduce an issue, or to reply to the opponent's position on one that she raised, may change the further list of topics that end up being discussed. Candidates' strategic decisions are driven by their appraisal of their expected vote share at the end of the campaign. Real phenomena observed during campaigns, like the convergence of the parties to address the same issues, or else their diverging choice on which ones to treat, or the relevance of issue ownership can be explained within our stark basic model. Most importantly, our analysis is based on a novel concept of equilibrium that avoids the (often arbitrary) use of predetermined protocols. This allows us to endogenously predict not only the list of topics that will be touched upon by each candidate, but also the order in which they will be addressed.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000915-S Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-116771GB-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-0711
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Electoral campaigns ; Equilibrium sets of continuation campaigns ; Issue convergence ; Issue divergence ; Issue ownership ; Issues
Published in:	Journal of Theoretical Politics, Vol. 35 Núm. 4 (2023) , p. 259-291, ISSN 1460-3667

DOI: 10.1177/09516298231202424

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