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Political data in 2002
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This article is published in European Journal of Political Research.The article was published on 2003-12-01. It has received 15 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Politics.read more
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Are there Political Budget Cycles in the Euro Area
Mark Mink,Jakob de Haan +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined whether there is a political budget cycle (PBC) in countries in the euro area and found strong evidence that, since the start of the Stability and Growth Pact, fiscal policy-makers in the Euro area have pursued expansionary policies before elections.
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Keeping the rascals in: Anti‐political‐establishment parties and their cost of governing in established democracies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that anti-political-establishment parties suffer an additional cost of governing, which varies across coalition partners, and is higher for anti-Political-Establishment parties.
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Electorally unstable by supply or demand?—an examination of the causes of electoral volatility in advanced industrial democracies
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued and demonstrated that strategic voting plays an independent role in inducing vote switching and the analysis shows that demand-side factors such as socio-economic cleavages and organizations do not predict voter stability, whereas supply side factors, such as the party system, government performance, and strategic incentives do.
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Experience and the distribution of portfolio payoffs in the European Commission
TL;DR: In this article, the authors test four theories of portfolio distribution within the European Commission and assesses whether experience plays a role in the process of allocating policy responsibilities, concluding that the difference in experience in supranational and, more weakly, national portfolios significantly accounts for the difference between the appointed and the median Commissioners.
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Political Data in 2007
Tim Bale,Ingrid Van Biezen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it is pointed out that once again instances of political corruption continue to impact on political competition in so many countries, and that some, indeed, are in danger of becoming the usual suspects.