An alternative approach of valence advantage in spatial competition

Guillaume Hollard (1, 2) , Stéphane Rossignol (1)

1 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics

This paper explores a two-candidate spatial voting model, where one candidate has a valence advantage. Contrary to previous models, we introduce a multiplicative advantage, rather than an additive one. This takes into account the possible interaction between the quality of a candidate and his policy platform. This leads to a strikingly different model, in which all extreme voters support the favored candidate.

Mots clés: Spatial voting; Valence advantage

Domaines: Economies et finances

Guillaume Hollard, Stéphane Rossignol. An alternative approach of valence advantage in spatial competition. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2008, 10 (3), pp.441-454. ⟨10.1111/j.1467-9779.2008.00371.x⟩. ⟨hal-00267218⟩