SPATIAL MODELS OF POLITICAL COMPETITION UNDER PLURALITY RULE - A SURVEY OF SOME EXPLANATIONS OF THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AND THE POSITIONS THEY TAKE

Authors
OSBORNE MJ
Citation
Mj. Osborne, SPATIAL MODELS OF POLITICAL COMPETITION UNDER PLURALITY RULE - A SURVEY OF SOME EXPLANATIONS OF THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AND THE POSITIONS THEY TAKE, Canadian journal of economics, 28(2), 1995, pp. 261-301
Citations number
75
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Canadian journal of economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084085
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
261 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4085(1995)28:2<261:SMOPCU>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This paper surveys work that uses spatial models of political competit ion to explain the number of candidates and the positions that they ta ke in plurality rule elections.