It has been argued that close elections lead to policy convergence, as legislators elected by a small margin are more likely to adopt moderate policy positions (Downs 1957). However, Lee, Moretti, and Butler (2004) find that electoral competition does not affect legislators’ policy preferences in the United States, questioning the median voter paradigm. To help to discern this paradox, we estimate the effect of close elections on legislators’ subsequent policy positions under different electoral rules. With Chile’s two-seat open-list proportional representa-tion system, we exploit the dynamics of within-coalition competition to test both hypotheses. Using the margin of victory in 383 races in four different parliamentary elections and 3,741...
Do electoral coalitions have an effect on the behavior of legislators in the permanent committees of...
Parties neither cease to exist nor cease to compete for office when the general election is over. In...
On 13 December 2009, seven million Chileans went to the polls to elect the president who would run t...
It has been argued that close elections lead to policy convergence, as legislators elected by a smal...
It has been argued that close elections lead to policy convergence, as legislators elected by a smal...
This paper presents a model of elections with heterogeneous voters and asymmetric information about ...
Most of the studies on the party system and elections held in Chile over the last two decades have t...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
[EN]How do electoral incentives and institutional constraints vary as democracies consolidate? Are i...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
In order to secure legislative majorities under Chile’s unique, two-member district electoral system...
This article analyzes the effects of majoritarian formulas on the effective number of candidates in ...
The analysis of the election results in Chile which put an end to the Concertation governments and t...
Proponents of Approval Voting argue that this electoral rule leads to more centrist outcomes compare...
Do electoral coalitions have an effect on the behavior of legislators in the permanent committees of...
Parties neither cease to exist nor cease to compete for office when the general election is over. In...
On 13 December 2009, seven million Chileans went to the polls to elect the president who would run t...
It has been argued that close elections lead to policy convergence, as legislators elected by a smal...
It has been argued that close elections lead to policy convergence, as legislators elected by a smal...
This paper presents a model of elections with heterogeneous voters and asymmetric information about ...
Most of the studies on the party system and elections held in Chile over the last two decades have t...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
[EN]How do electoral incentives and institutional constraints vary as democracies consolidate? Are i...
Research from various countries has shown that incumbents in legislative elections raise and spend m...
In order to secure legislative majorities under Chile’s unique, two-member district electoral system...
This article analyzes the effects of majoritarian formulas on the effective number of candidates in ...
The analysis of the election results in Chile which put an end to the Concertation governments and t...
Proponents of Approval Voting argue that this electoral rule leads to more centrist outcomes compare...
Do electoral coalitions have an effect on the behavior of legislators in the permanent committees of...
Parties neither cease to exist nor cease to compete for office when the general election is over. In...
On 13 December 2009, seven million Chileans went to the polls to elect the president who would run t...