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标题：Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence
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作者：Timothy Besley ; Ian Preston
期刊名称：Japanese Studies Programme Papers
出版年度：2006
出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
摘要：This paper develops a new approach to studying how electoral bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of districting affects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of bias to the theory of party competition and show how this affects policy choice. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated using data on local government in England. The results suggest that reducing electoral bias leads parties to moderate their policies