Making use of the numerous resources available to them, incumbent congressmen have come to enjoy very high rates of success in getting reelected. Typically, however, incumbents are challenged by relatively weak, unknown candidates, while potentially much stronger candidates are deterred. So why do these weak candidates engage in such apparently foolish behavior? Previous research has suggested several answers to this question. It is commonly argued that weak, inexperienced candidates either misperceive the odds against them, or that they are actually using a congressional campaign to pursue nonpolitical goals or political goals other than winning office. Others point out that weak candidates may be induced to run by a low probability of vi...
We develop a model of strategic interaction between voters and potential electoral challengers to si...
U.S. Congressmen are very likely to be reelected and survey evidence suggests that voters are satisf...
This paper analyzes the problem that an incumbent faces during the legislature when deciding how to ...
Making use of the numerous resources available to them, incumbent congressmen have come to enjoy ver...
The low probability of defeating incumbent members of Congress deters potentially strong rivals fro...
Abstract This paper o¤ers an explanation for the common observation that political incumbents not on...
Every other year, hundreds of incumbent challengers, third-party candidates, and other hopeless cont...
US House incumbents enjoy profound electoral advantages, yet existing research has not asked whether...
Voters sometimes vote for seemingly less qualified candidates; the winners of elections are sometime...
The existing formal studies on the incumbency advantage do not take strategicchoices of electoral ch...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2001.Includes bibliograp...
We examine a political agency problem in repeated elections where an incumbent runs against a challe...
By selecting the pool of candidates that voters can choose from in the general election, party nomin...
The definition of corruption currently used by the United States judicial system for congresspeople ...
Much research has focused on what challengers do to win an election. Little research has been dedica...
We develop a model of strategic interaction between voters and potential electoral challengers to si...
U.S. Congressmen are very likely to be reelected and survey evidence suggests that voters are satisf...
This paper analyzes the problem that an incumbent faces during the legislature when deciding how to ...
Making use of the numerous resources available to them, incumbent congressmen have come to enjoy ver...
The low probability of defeating incumbent members of Congress deters potentially strong rivals fro...
Abstract This paper o¤ers an explanation for the common observation that political incumbents not on...
Every other year, hundreds of incumbent challengers, third-party candidates, and other hopeless cont...
US House incumbents enjoy profound electoral advantages, yet existing research has not asked whether...
Voters sometimes vote for seemingly less qualified candidates; the winners of elections are sometime...
The existing formal studies on the incumbency advantage do not take strategicchoices of electoral ch...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2001.Includes bibliograp...
We examine a political agency problem in repeated elections where an incumbent runs against a challe...
By selecting the pool of candidates that voters can choose from in the general election, party nomin...
The definition of corruption currently used by the United States judicial system for congresspeople ...
Much research has focused on what challengers do to win an election. Little research has been dedica...
We develop a model of strategic interaction between voters and potential electoral challengers to si...
U.S. Congressmen are very likely to be reelected and survey evidence suggests that voters are satisf...
This paper analyzes the problem that an incumbent faces during the legislature when deciding how to ...