Spatial Voting with Endogenous Timing

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-10

16 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2004

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Steffen Huck

University College London - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Vicki Knoblauch

University of Connecticut - Department of Economics

Wieland Müller

University of Vienna, Department of Economics & VCEE; Tilburg University, Department of Economics & CentER

Date Written: 2004

Abstract

We consider a model of (spatial) voting with endogenous timing. In line with what is observed in actual political campaigns, candidates can decide endogenously when and where to locate. More specifically, we analyze endogenous timing in a two-period n-candidate spatial-voting game on the unit interval. We show that this game possesses a pure strategy equilibrium. The equilibrium concept is a simplified version of subgame perfection defined by Osborne (1993) for use in games that possess no - or only very complex - subgame perfect equilibria. We demonstrate the latter point by also analyzing the subgame perfect equilibria in three-candidate spatial voting with endogenous timing. Our results show that accounting for endogenous timing can eliminate some of the more unappealing equilibrium characteristics of the standard model.

Keywords: Voting, political economy, games, general equilibrium

Suggested Citation

Huck, Steffen and Knoblauch, Vicki and Müller, Wieland, Spatial Voting with Endogenous Timing (2004). CentER Discussion Paper No. 2004-10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=556967 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.556967

Steffen Huck (Contact Author)

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Wieland Müller

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