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The Competitive State. Villa Colombella Papers on Competitive Politics.
. Ed(S): Breton, Albert; Galeotti, P.; Salmon, P.; Wintrobe, Ronald
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Paperback. Editor(s): Breton, Albert; Galeotti, P.; Salmon, P.; Wintrobe, Ronald. Series: International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPS; KC; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
I. The concept of competition played a central role in the very first attempts to apply the tools of economics to the analysis of politics. Adopting Hotelling's (1929) industrial organization model of imperfect competition in markets in which space has a predominant role, Downs (1957), following on some perceptive insights of Schumpeter (1942), was able to formulate a model of electoral competition in which political parties, seeking the support of citizens, compete against each other in offering policies designed to elicit their vote. Downs' model and the numerous variants to which it gave birth soon became the major component of ... Read more
I. The concept of competition played a central role in the very first attempts to apply the tools of economics to the analysis of politics. Adopting Hotelling's (1929) industrial organization model of imperfect competition in markets in which space has a predominant role, Downs (1957), following on some perceptive insights of Schumpeter (1942), was able to formulate a model of electoral competition in which political parties, seeking the support of citizens, compete against each other in offering policies designed to elicit their vote. Downs' model and the numerous variants to which it gave birth soon became the major component of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
International Studies in Economics and Econometrics
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401067751
SKU
V9789401067751
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Reviews for The Competitive State. Villa Colombella Papers on Competitive Politics.
All in all, the contributions are very interesting, stimulating, and well written. The book is a valuable supplement to the academic literature, and it should attract the attention of every scholar being interested in the field. Journal of Economics/ Vol.54 Nr. 3