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An Economic Model of Representative Democracy

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Besley, T., Coate, S.·1997·The Quarterly Journal of Economics
DOI 10.1162/003355397555136
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This paper develops an approach to the study of democratic policy-making where politicians are selected by the people from those citizens who present themselves as candidates for public office. The approach has a number of attractive features. First, it is a conceptualization of a pure form of representative democracy in which government is by, as well as of, the people. Second, the model is analytically tractable, being able to handle multidimensional issue and policy spaces very naturally. Third, it provides a vehicle for answering normative questions about the performance of representative democracy.

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Authors
Besley, T., & Coate, S.
Venue
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1997-02-01
Volume
112
Issue
1
Pages
85-114
ISSN
  • 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-4650
DOI
10.1162/003355397555136
OpenAlex
W2093882932
Cited by
1,649
References
18
FWCI
44.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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