Despite having adopted the political institutions of established democracies, democratizing
countries display a systematically different pattern of fiscal outcomes. This article attributes …

We construct a model in which the ambiguity of candidates allows them to increase the
number of voters to whom they appeal. We focus our analysis on two points that are central …

" Keefer and Vlaicu demonstrate that sharply different policy choices across democracies
can be explained as a consequence of differences in the ability of political competitors to …

We analyze an infinitely repeated version of the Downsian model of elections. The folk
theorem suggests that a wide range of policy paths can be supported by subgame perfect …

We study and compare equilibrium platforms in models of unidimensional electoral
competition with two and four policy motivated parties. We first analyze the plurality game …

We analyze an infinitely repeated version of the Downsian model of elections. The folk
theorem suggests that a wide range of policy paths can be supported by subgame perfect …

A strategic theory of election campaign is presented in this work. The theory is interwoven
with examples from Indian elections, both from general elections as well as from elections …

This paper characterizes the optimal advertising strategy of candidates in an election
campaign, where groups of heterogeneous voters are targeted through media outlets. We …

We extend a simple version of the citizen candidacy model (developed by Osborne-Slivinski
(1996) and Besley-Coate (1997)) to an asymmetric information setting, in which the type of a …

Abstract “Accumulating Character” develops a theoretical framework that highlights the
rhetorical and interrelated workings of character and time. In rhetorical scholarship …