Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71453 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 06/03
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
This paper develops a new approach to studying how electoral bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of districting a¤ects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of bias to the theory of party compe- tition and show how this a¤ects policy choice. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated using data on local government in England. The results suggest that reducing electoral bias leads parties to moderate their policies.
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