A column by Anastasiia Antonova (AMSE), Luis Huxel (University Of Tuebingen), Mykhailo Matvieiev (AMSE) and Gernot Müller (University Of Tübingen) published in VoxEU.
The outcome of an election does not depend only on the programs and the candidates. The voting system and the strategies of those involved also play a role. Three insights from economics to help better understand some of these mechanisms.