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Baron (2001) - Theories of Strategic Nonmarket Participation (view source)
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, 03:52, 28 October 2009→Vote Recruitment in Client Politics
The utility function of legislators is additively-seperable with a term representing their constituent's preferences and a term for the resources provided to them by the client:
<math>\quad U \left( w , z \right ) = -\alpha(w-z) + r_w, \quad \alpha>0</math> where <math>\, \alpha</math> represents the intensity of preferences.
The Interest seeks <math>x > 0,\quad x \ge y</math> where <math>\, y</math> is the status quo and the Agenda is <math>\, A=\{x,y\}</math>.
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