Factions and Political Competition

58 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2007 Last revised: 18 Jul 2022

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Nicola Persico

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Jose Rodriguez-Pueblita

McKinsey & Company

Dan Silverman

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics Department; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: April 2007

Abstract

This paper presents a new model of political competition where 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. Several key theoretical predictions of the model find a counterpart in our empirical analysis of newly coded data on the provision of water services in Mexico.

Suggested Citation

Persico, Nicola and Rodriguez-Pueblita, Jose Carlos and Silverman, Dan, Factions and Political Competition (April 2007). NBER Working Paper No. w13008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=978910

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