Endogenous political competition and political accountability
Endogenous political competition and political accountability
We contribute to the debate over the effectiveness of elections in motivating incumbents to perform well. We show that with endogenous political competition the effectiveness of democracy in disciplining officials can be largely diminished.
political competition, retrospective voting, citizen-candidate, rent-seeking
151-153
Makris, Miltiadis
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September 2009
Makris, Miltiadis
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Abstract
We contribute to the debate over the effectiveness of elections in motivating incumbents to perform well. We show that with endogenous political competition the effectiveness of democracy in disciplining officials can be largely diminished.
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Published date: September 2009
Keywords:
political competition, retrospective voting, citizen-candidate, rent-seeking
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Economics
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Local EPrints ID: 173919
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/173919
ISSN: 0165-1765
PURE UUID: 173c6fa1-3c53-48a2-b129-b0770ed98a1e
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