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Politicians Manipulate Policies to Control Election Issues, Study Finds.

Journal of Public Economic Theory
<scp>The Salient Issue of Issue Salience</scp>
Arnaud Déllis

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The article discusses how politicians manipulate their policy choices to make certain issues more important in elections. They do this to gain an advantage or to weaken their opponents. The researchers found that decision-makers have reasons to control which issues are seen as important in elections, and they use this to influence voters' choices.