Signaling Character in Electoral Competition

S-Tier

Journal: American Economic Review

Year: 2007

Volume: 97

Issue: 3

Pages: 852-870

Authors (2)

Navin Kartik (Yale University) R. Preston McAfee (Google Research)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

We study a one-dimensional Hotelling-Downs model of electoral competition with