Research Projects

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

The Effect of Campaign Promises in Political Competition:

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Grant number
26780178
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP26780178
Grant amount
(Total)
2,730,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
0 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
0 Japanese Yen
Grant type
Competitive

This study develops a formal model in which a candidate strategically decides both a campaign platform and a policy to be implemented while most of past studies consider only one of them. Especially, this study supposes that a candidate who implements a policy that differs from his/her platform must pay a cost of betrayal. The model is able to show two implications that previous frameworks have had difficulty with. First, candidates with different characteristics have different probabilities of winning an election. Second, candidates who prefer an extreme policy won some elections. Moreover, this study also shows some difficulties to explain why candidates announce ambiguous platforms

Link information
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26780178
ID information
  • Grant number : 26780178
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP26780178

List of results of the research project

Books and Other Publications

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