Vincent Pons
@vinpons.bsky.social
Professor at Harvard Business School. Affiliate at NBER, CEPR, JPal. Cofounder at Explain. Column at Les Echos. Political economy, development, tech.
Full paper here: www.vincentpons.org/median-voter.... (n/n)
August 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Full paper here: www.vincentpons.org/median-voter.... (n/n)
Second, this convergence reflects candidates’ strategic adjustment to their opponents, as predicted by Downsian competition: Using an RDD we show that candidates converge to the platform of opponents who narrowly qualified for the last round as opposed to those who narrowly failed to qualify. (3/n)
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Second, this convergence reflects candidates’ strategic adjustment to their opponents, as predicted by Downsian competition: Using an RDD we show that candidates converge to the platform of opponents who narrowly qualified for the last round as opposed to those who narrowly failed to qualify. (3/n)
We use candidate websites for US House elections, 2002–2016, and manifestos for French parl. and local elections, 1958–2022.
We show, first, that candidates move to the center in ideology and rhetorical complexity between the 1st round (or primary) and the 2nd round (or general election). (2/n)
We show, first, that candidates move to the center in ideology and rhetorical complexity between the 1st round (or primary) and the 2nd round (or general election). (2/n)
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We use candidate websites for US House elections, 2002–2016, and manifestos for French parl. and local elections, 1958–2022.
We show, first, that candidates move to the center in ideology and rhetorical complexity between the 1st round (or primary) and the 2nd round (or general election). (2/n)
We show, first, that candidates move to the center in ideology and rhetorical complexity between the 1st round (or primary) and the 2nd round (or general election). (2/n)
Tagging my coauthor @vincent-rollet.bsky.social who recently joined Bluesky!
June 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Tagging my coauthor @vincent-rollet.bsky.social who recently joined Bluesky!