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Candidate Selection Incentives

Candidate Selection Incentives is a theoretical construct in political science that refers to the motivational pressures shaping political parties' choices among prospective candidates for public office, distinguishing it from broader electoral incentives by focusing specifically on the strategic considerations influencing nomination decisions rather than general voter-oriented campaign behavior.

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6.3K

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145

Authors

117

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2017–2026

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Publications

94

Incentives to Cultivate Favored Minorities Under Alternative Electoral Systems

Roger B. Myerson · American Political Science Review · 1993 · 480 citations

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DO BETTER PAID POLITICIANS PERFORM BETTER? DISENTANGLING INCENTIVES FROM SELECTION

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini · Journal of the European Economic Association · 2013 · 350 citations

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Vote-Seeking Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies

Brian F. Crisp, María C. Escobar-Lemmon, Bradford Jones et al. · The Journal of Politics · 2004 · 333 citations

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External Recruitment versus Internal Promotion

William Chan · Journal of Labor Economics · 1996 · 293 citations

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Primaries and the New Hampshire Effect

Tilman Klumpp, Mattias Polborn · Journal of Public Economics · 2005 · 278 citations

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Authors

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  1. TN
    Tommaso Nannicini

    Bocconi University, Italy

    5 publications · 548 citations

    5

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  2. CP
    Carlo Prato

    Columbia University, United States

    3 publications · 80 citations

    3

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  3. SG
    Stefano Gagliarducci

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    3 publications · 473 citations

    3

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  4. JR
    Johanna Rickne

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 61 citations

    2

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  5. SM
    Samuel Merrill

    Wilkes University, United States

    2 publications · 164 citations

    2

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Institutions

117

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    167 citations

  2. Bocconi University

    Milan, Italy

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    623 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    296 citations

  4. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    285 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    159 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  7. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    470 citations

  8. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 242 citations

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  2. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 7 publications · 792 citations

    7

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  3. Party Politics

    7 publications · 289 citations

    7

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  4. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 5 publications · 347 citations

    5

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  5. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    5 publications · 146 citations

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