American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Estimating Dynamic Games of Electoral Competition to Evaluate Term Limits in US Gubernatorial Elections
American Economic Review
vol. 107,
no. 7, July 2017
(pp. 1824–57)
Abstract
This paper shows how to identify and estimate, using standard semi-parametric techniques, a class of dynamic games with perfect monitoring, that have been at the frontier of recent research in political economy. The empirical analysis provides novel quantitative insights into the trade-off that voters face between ideology and ability, the differences in ability and ideology among parties and states, and the differences in preferences between political candidates and voters. We analyze the consequences of term limits and quantify their relative importance. Specifically, we characterize conditions under which term limits improve voters' welfare.Citation
Sieg, Holger, and Chamna Yoon. 2017. "Estimating Dynamic Games of Electoral Competition to Evaluate Term Limits in US Gubernatorial Elections." American Economic Review, 107 (7): 1824–57. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20150566Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- C57 Econometrics of Games and Auctions
- C73 Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games; Repeated Games
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior