Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71545 
Year of Publication: 
2007
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IFS Working Papers No. 07/06
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
This paper develops an approach to studying how bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of electoral districting affects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of electoral bias to the theory of party competition and show how this affects party strategy in theory. 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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Working Paper

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