Research on the impact of the electoral reform: the "inconsistency of electoral systems" hypothesis
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16330023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
UEKAMI Takayoshi (2005-2006) The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Research Associate, 社会科学研究所, 助手 (30376628)
樋渡 展洋 (2004) 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (10228851)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIWATARI Nobuhiro The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Professor, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (10228851)
YAMADA Masahiro Kansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (40260468)
MAEDA Yukio The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Associate Professor, 社会科学研究所, 助教授 (30347257)
TSUTSUMI Hidenori Kagawa University, Faculty of Law, Associate Professor, 法学部, 助教授 (20314908)
NATORI Ryota Kansai University, Faculty of Informatics, Associate Professor, 総合情報学部, 助教授 (60330172)
平野 浩 学習院大学, 法学部, 教授 (90222249)
グレゴリー ノーブル 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (20334261)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
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| Keywords | Party / Electoral System / Consistency of Institutions |
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| Research Abstract |
Different electoral systems may cause different candidate competitions that are either centripetal or centrifugal. This paper considers the organizational links between the competitions of candidates for General election and local assembly elections. We argue that centrifugal candidate competition at local assembly SNTV/MMD (single non-transferable vote/multi-member district) hinders the realization of the theoretical expectation that a candidate competition at SMD (single-member district) of the House of Representatives converges to the policy position of the median voter. We tested this "inconsistency of electoral systems" hypothesis by using aggregated election results (Horiuchi and Natori 2007), candidate's electoral platform data (Tsutsumi and Uekami 2007), field data (Yamada 2007), survey research data (Maeda 2007), and election outcomes of 15 countries (Nishikawa 2007). Overall results of these tests seem to be good. So we can conclude that we have to take linkage between national and local politics into consideration when we study effects of electoral systems upon party politics.
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