TY  - GEN
AU  - Miller, Sebastián J.
TI  - Why Do Populist-Outsiders Get Elected?: A Model of Strategic Populists
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/08/23
DO  - 10.18235/0011203
AB  - The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history.  In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under what conditions he is more likely to be elected.  The results show that countries with a higher income and wealth concentration are more likely to elect populist outsiders than countries where income and wealth are more equally distributed.  It is also shown that elections with a runoff are less likely to bring these populist outsiders into office.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0011203
ER  -