Ideological extremism and primaries
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DOI: 10.1007/s00199-019-01185-9
Abstract: This paper is the first one to present a model of primaries with endogenous party affiliations. I show that closed primaries (where only affiliated party members can vote) result in more charismatic candidates than open… read more here.
Keywords: ideological extremism; extremism primaries; party;