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Factions and Political Competition, Journal of Political Economy
Abstract
This paper presents a new model of political competition in which candidates belong to factions. Before elections, factions compete to direct local public goods to their local constituencies. The model of factional competition delivers a rich set of implications relating the internal organization of the party to the allocation of resources. In doing so, the model provides a unified explanation of two prominent features of public resource allocations: the persistence of (possibly inefficient) policies and the tendency of public spending to favor incumbent party strongholds over swing constituencies.
Type
Article
Author(s)
Nicola Persico, Dan Silverman, Jose-Carlos Rodriguez-Pueblita
Date Published
2011
Citations
Persico, Nicola, Dan Silverman, and Jose-Carlos Rodriguez-Pueblita. 2011. Factions and Political Competition. Journal of Political Economy. 119(2): 242-288.
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