Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence Export

@article{citeulike:1994440, 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.}, author = {Besley, Timothy and Preston, Ian}, citeulike-article-id = {1994440}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1473}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of Economics}, keywords = {formaltheory, partisanship, politicaleconomy, uk}, month = {November}, number = {4}, pages = {1437--1510}, posted-at = {2007-11-27 15:25:24}, priority = {0}, title = {Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence}, url = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1473}, volume = {122}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1994440 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1994440 N2 - 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. IS - 4 JF - Quarterly Journal of Economics EP - 1510 TI - Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence VL - 122 SP - 1437 KW - formaltheory KW - partisanship KW - politicaleconomy KW - uk AU - Besley, Timothy AU - Preston, Ian PY - 2007/11// UR - http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1473 ER -