Uncontested Primaries: Causes and Consequences
In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 427-462
ISSN: 1554-0634
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In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 427-462
ISSN: 1554-0634
In: Kyklos: international review for social sciences, Band 64, Heft 4, S. 500-515
ISSN: 1467-6435
Under closed-list proportional representation, a party's electoral list determines the order in which legislative seats are allocated to candidates. When candidates differ in their ability, parties face a trade-off between competence and incentives. Ranking candidates in decreasing order of competence ensures that elected politicians are most competent. Yet, party lists create incentives for candidates that may push parties not to rank candidates in decreasing competence order. We examine this trade-off in a game-theoretical model in which parties rank their candidate on a list, candidates choose their campaign effort, and the election is a team contest for multiple prizes. We show that the trade-off between competence and incentives depends on candidates' objective and the electoral environment. In particular, parties rank candidates in decreasing order of competence if candidates value enough post-electoral high offices or media coverage focuses on candidates at the top of the list.
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In: Quarterly journal of political science: QJPS, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 127-156
ISSN: 1554-0634
We present a model of electoral competition in which parties act as brands and use competition to select their candidates. We show that the forces that shape the competition between party representatives and independents rationalize the positive correlation between inequality and polarization documented by McCarty, Poole and Rosenthal (2006) for the US. We also show that, when voters are badly informed about the quality of candidates, it is optimal for party to use primaries to get an edge on independent candidates. This rationalizes the introduction of the American direct primary in the US at the beginning of the twentieth century. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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