Factions and Political Competition.

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...

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Published in:	Journal of Political Economy Vol. 119; no. 2; pp. 242 - 289
Main Authors:	Persico, Nicola, Pueblita, José C. R., Silverman, Dan
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press April 2011
Subjects:	Factionalism Resource allocation > Mathematical models Political competition Mathematical models
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