Title :

The politician and the vote factory: Candidates’ resource management skills and electoral returns

Author(s) :

Farvaque, Etienne [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Foucault, Martial [Auteur]
Vigeant, Stephane [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]

Journal title :

Journal of Policy Modeling

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2019-12-04

ISSN :

0161-8938

English keyword(s) :

Campaign funding
DEA
Elections

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

This paper disentangles resource management skills of candidates from the electoral circumstances that help them getting (re-)elected. It is first made use of the DEA method to measure candidates’ resource management ...
Show more >This paper disentangles resource management skills of candidates from the electoral circumstances that help them getting (re-)elected. It is first made use of the DEA method to measure candidates’ resource management abilities. Second, determinants of these scores are estimated. The paper uses a database detailing the different sources of campaign funding for French members of Parliament to analyze their relative performance. Results show a large variance in campaign resource management ability, particularly between political parties, and incumbents and newcomers. They also reveal an important role of constituencies’ characteristics and of politicians' experience in explaining differences between politicians' efforts. Thus, public policies could promote virtuous regulations to reduce disparities among candidates with different financial backgrounds and access to resources, to foster a fairer democracy.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

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