search query: @indexterm Political parties / total: 125
reference: 31 / 125
| Author: | Alesina, A. Rosenthal, H. |
| Title: | Polarized platforms and moderate policies with checks and balances |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2000 : JAN, VOL. 75:1, p. 1-20 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS PUBLIC SECTOR ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper is to reconcile the observation that political parties in 2-party democracies adopt polarized platforms with the seemingly inexorable proposition that political competition should lead to identical policies. This paper emphasizes the role played by institutional "checks and balances". |
SCIMA