Analyzing Electoral Promises with Game Theory

Download or read book Analyzing Electoral Promises with Game Theory written by Yasushi Asako and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electoral promises help to win votes and political candidates, or parties should strategically choose what they can deliver to win an election. Past game-theoretical studies tend to ignore electoral promises and this book sheds illuminating light on the functions and effects of electoral promises on policies or electoral outcomes through game theory models. This book provides a basic framework for game-theoretical analysis of electoral promises. ​ The book also includes cases to illustrate real life applications of these theories. ​