An Economic Theory of Democracy

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 310 pages
• Published by: Addison Wesley January 31, 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0060417501
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060417505
• Book Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 10.4 ounces

Reader Reviews
Down's Economic Theory of Democracy is an easy to read introdution to the basics of voting theory. It is accessible to the casual reader as well as the hardcore acedemic. It's take on the electoral competition have become staples of high school civis as well as acedemic political theory. Down's most famous innovation is the result that two party competition leads to both parties offering the same platform in order to maximise votes. 0-----25-----50-----75----100 ----------Rep--Dem----------- This formulation is actually the Hotelling spatial competition model applied to elections. (I thought the economists may be interested!) Morover it froms the basis fro the median voter theorem.