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Title:
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Suggesting an alternative electoral proportional system. Blank votes count
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Author:
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Troumpounis, Orestis
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Notes:
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I consider a two-party parliamentary election where parties compete on a quality (or valence) dimension. First I motivate why in such an election a voter may decide to cast a blank vote. Second I define a new voting system, inspired in the standard proportional representation system, where the percentage of blank votes is translated into vacant seats in the parliament. I analyze party competition assuming adapted versions of the models of “Bertand” and “Cournot”. I compare the equilibrium outcomes on parties’ quality and profits obtained with both the alternative proportional system and the standard one. I show that society and parties may have interests in conflict. |
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Subject(s):
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-Eleccions
-Representació proporcional
-Sociologia electoral
-Elections
-Proportional representation
-Voting research |
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Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Troumpounis, 2009
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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