Factions and Political Competition
58 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2007 Last revised: 18 Jul 2022
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: 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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