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strategy of ambiguity: a standalone construct

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Electoral studies

the incentive for candidates to adopt deliberately vague positions as lotteries when voters are risk-acceptant or uncertain about positions.

In electoral studies, strategy of ambiguity refers to the incentive for candidates to adopt deliberately vague positions as lotteries when voters are risk-acceptant or uncertain about positions. This meaning comes from Shepsle (1972) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

Shepsle, K. A. (1972). The Strategy of Ambiguity: Uncertainty and Electoral Competition. American Political Science Review, 66(2), 555-568. https://doi.org/10.2307/1957799

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