Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19162 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1698
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that the presence of these interest groups increases the winning set, which is the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest groups enhance the probability of the challenger winning the election.
Subjects: 
spatial voting models
electoral competition
winning set
interest groups
JEL: 
D72
D71
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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