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Why Paying Households, Not Firms, Increases Voter Support for Germany's Energy Transition

i

Energy Transition

Compensation

State Intervention

Germany

Survey Experiment

2025 est.

England's Trade Boom Didn't Break Its Elite

i

Parliament

Elite Persistence

Atlantic Trade

Prosopography

Investors

2025 est.

Radical Right Voters Often Embrace Franco — Detachment Not Required

i

Francoism

Radical Right

Spain

Experiment

Historical Memory

2025 est.

Why Referendums Expose 'Staged Democrats' And Spur Exclusionary Parties

i

Democratic Norms

Referendums

Switzerland

Far-right

Public Opinion

2025 est.

Sources of Elected Representatives' (Mis)Perceptions of Public Opinion: The Role of Self-projection and Interest Groups

i

2025 est.

How a Northern Ireland Museum Evokes Emotion Without Changing Minds

i

Northern Ireland

Museum

Transitional Justice

Field Experiment

Reconciliation

2025 est.

i

How 1920s Fascist Strength Predicted Neofascist Violence Decades Later

Fascism

Neofascism

Political Violence

Italy

Subnational Data

2025 est.

2 Datasets

Women and the Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Engagement in Unified Germany

i

2025 est.

Why Rising House Prices Cheer Brits But Worry Germans

i

2025

House Prices

Public Opinion

Housing Policy

United Kingdom

Germany

2025

Why Leaders Credit the EU — And When They Claim the Win

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Credit Claiming

Multilevel Governance

European Union

Content Analysis

Euroskepticism

2025

2 R files

10 Other

How Party Campaigns Sway Tactical Voting in Britain

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Tactical Voting

Party Campaigns

Panel Data

United Kingdom

Voter Behavior

2025

i

When Men Deliver Women's Issues in German Parliaments, Reactions Drop

Gender

Germany

State Parliaments

Nonverbal Reactions

Text Analysis

2025

i

When Losing Local Services Fuels the Far Right: Evidence From Italy

Public Services

Far Right

Italy

Natural Experiment

Geocoded Surveys

2025

i

How the Radical Right Turns Climate Policy Into a Wedge Issue

Radical Right

Climate Change

Wedge Issue

Text Analysis

Europe

2025

When Job Worries Lead People to Buy More Unemployment Insurance

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Welfare State

Material Interest

Unemployment Insurance

Denmark

Panel Data

2025

i

Finland’s Basic Income Raised Voter Turnout, Especially Among Marginal Voters

Basic Income

Turnout

Policy Feedback

Finland

Randomized Experiment

2025

i

Rising Rents Fuel Radical Right Support Among Long-Term City Renters

Rents

Radical Right

Germany

Urbanization

Panel Data

2025

How Lost Territories Fuel Support for Nationalist Populists

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Territorial Loss

Nationalist Populism

Public Opinion

Survey Experiment

Romania

2025

Economic Integration Makes Voters Across Europe Think Alike

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Voter Preferences

Economic Integration

European Union

Eurozone

Dyadic Analysis

2025

i

Higher Gas Bills Pushed Dutch Renters Toward the Radical Right

Energy Transition

Radical Right

Netherlands

Renters

Difference-in-differences

2025

Why Nearby Mosques Boost Far-Right Votes—But Only Up To A Point

i

France

Mosques

Far-right

Halo Effect

Polling Stations

2025

Why Politicians Dismiss Tax Polls: Voters Seem Uninformed and Anti‑Tax

i

Representation

Public Opinion

Taxation

Germany

Focus Groups

2025

Why Gender and LGBT Views Split European Parties Over Support for Putin

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PACE

Russia

LGBT Rights

Gender

Matching

2025

How War Broke Tax Gridlock and Reshaped Early Modern European States

i

State Formation

Fiscal Absolutism

Military Revolution

Taxation

Panel Data

2025

Why Some Countries Embrace the Istanbul Convention While Others Push Back

i

Istanbul Convention

Gender Equality

Ratification

QCA

Right-wing

2025

How Separate Social Circles by Education Deepen Immigration and Voting Divides

i

2024

Education

Social Networks

Immigration

Voting

Peer Effects

2024

How Wartime Resistance Keeps Anti-Fascist Politics Alive in Italian Towns

i

Collective Memory

Resistance

Italy

Intergenerational Transmission

Municipal Data

2024

Timing Tactics: Governments Speed or Slow German Legislation Based on Election Prognoses

i

2023

Bicameralism

Election Cycle

Legislative Timing

Germany

2023

New survey method reveals EU political parties' socio-cultural and European integration positions are surprisingly comparable across nations.

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2022

Anchoring Vignettes

Chapel Hill Expert Survey

Socio-Cultural Dimension

European Integration Scale

2022

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How Do Elections Shape Bank Leadership? New Evidence from Spain

Political Connections

Survival Analysis

Spain

Election Cycles

2022

i

Unemployment news travels fast: How Danish voters catch it from friends

Descriptive Representation

Survey Experiment

Denmark

Political Attitudes

2022

How Discrimination and Local Networks Drive Islamist Attacks in France and the UK

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Discrimination

Islamist Terrorism

Networks

Secularism

GTD

2022

IPSR

1 Text

Disabled Citizens' Preferences Mirror Disabled Candidates on Spending, Study Finds

i

Disability Representation

Uk Elections

Descriptive Congruence

Rational Choice

2022

When Audits Bite: Swedish Voters Penalize Poor Municipal Institutions—Mayors Lose Re-Election

i

Institutional Voting

Performance Audits

Municipalities

Sweden

Electoral Accountability

2022

JPP

i

Endorsement Persists Despite Democratic Fatigue Concerns in Europe

Consolidated Democracies

Youth Voters

Survey Data

Democratic Endorsement

Political Engagement

Cherry-picked Findings

Pre-registration

2022

i

Shared EU Parliament Groups Boost National Policy Borrowing from Foreign Winners

Transnational Party Alliances

Spatial Econometrics

Europe

Policy Borrowing

2022

i

Solidarity Frames Ignored? New Durkheimian Model Explains Party Competition in Flanders

Populism Welfare Chauvinism Flanders Belgium Manifesto Analysis Regression

2022

i

New Data Measures Legislative Capacity Across German Parliaments

Legislative Capacity

Germany

Squire Index

Parliamentary Data

2022

1 R files

Great Recession Exacerbated Voter Turnout Inequality Among Italians

i

Income Inequality

Voter Turnout

Great Recession

Northern Italy

2022

i

Many Ways to Be Right: Why One Conservative Attitude Can Shift Cross-Pressured Voters

Cross-pressured Voters

Western Europe Survey Data

Voting Asymmetry

Right-leaning Attitudes

Mass Electorates

2022

i

Ministerial Autonomy vs. Parliamentary Scrutiny: How Oversight Shapes Government Policy Reform in Europe

Ministerial Autonomy

Parliamentary Scrutiny

Western Europe

Oecd Data

2022

Citizens Reject Expert Rule: Distinct Technocratic, Populist, Democratic Preferences Across Europe

i

Technocracy

Populism

Latent Class Analysis

Europe

Expertise

2022

i

Brexit Votes Divided: Voters' Preferences Clash with Legitimacy in Negotiations

Brexit

Conjoint Experiment

Legitimacy

Sovereignty Referendum

2022

i

Process or Outcome? How to Fairly Assess Participatory Legitimacy Gains

Legitimacy

Process Evaluation

Winner-loser Gap

NS Experiments

2022

i

Railroads Extended State Control: Swedish Education Study Reaches Policy Implications

Railroads

State Capacity

Swedish Education

National Curricula

2022

i

How a 30-Year Sun Boycott Made Merseyside Less Eurosceptic

Euroscepticism

The Sun

Merseyside

Difference-in-differences

Media Influence

2022

i

When Terror Strikes, Voters Don't Rally Around Women—The Theresa May Case

Rally Effect

Gender

Terrorism

United Kingdom

Natural Experiment

2022

i

Does Descriptive Representation Translate into Substantive One? Not Always, New Study Finds

Substantive Representation

German MPs

Parliamentary Questions

Career Stage

2022

i

Austerity Measures During Great Recession: Unexpected Blowback for Ruling Parties?

Austerity Impact

Opposition Parties Response

Great Recession Context

Time Series Analysis

2022

i

Core Values Fuel Populist Appeal Across 13 European Democracies

Human Values

European Countries

Populism

Voting Behavior

2022

Pol. Behav.

1 R files

Are Central Europe's 'Problem' Countries Truly Troubling for Democracy?

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Democratic Backsliding

Visegrad Countries

Central Europe

Motive Opportunity

2022

How 19th-Century Catholic Oppression Cut Support for Today's Far Right

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Political Catholicism

Mobilization

AfD

Germany

Historical Legacies

2022

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Committee Assignments Defy Partisanship: Policy Interests Drive Select Seats

Select Committees

British House Of Commons

Policy Interests

Committee Assignment

2022

Beyond Thin Ideology: Why Thick Views Shape Populist Movements

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Populism

Ideology Thin

Ideology Thick

Political Representation

2022

i

Old Programs vs New Ideas: Why Party Policies Stick (or Don't) Across Borders

Anchoring

Manifesto Similarity

Western Democracies

Policy Diffusion

2022

i

Relative Losses Explained Brexit Support

Britain

Relative Gains

Brexit Support

Survey Data

2022

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Conspiracy Theories Mask the Real Threat to Eastern European Democracy

State Capture

Conspiracy Theories

Democratic Backsliding

Bulgaria

GLOBSEC

2022

1 Text

Dutch Politicians' Judgment: Cognitive Biases Despite Complex Governance?

i

2021

Representativeness Heuristic

Dutch Politicians

Decision-making Bias

Survey Experiment

2021

i

Brexit Divide Ignites Economic Bias: Non-Partisan Split Shapes Perceptions

Brexit Divide

Cognitive Dissonance

Uk Survey

Experimental Data

2021

i

Did Experts Misjudge Public Views on Fiscal Policy?

Countercyclical Fiscal Policy

Keynesian Economics

UK Public Opinion

Eurobarometry Data

Survey Experiment

Behavioral Politics

Economic Shocks

2021

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Larger Family Size Linked to More Frequent Leader Deposition in Medieval Europe

Family Size

Leader Deposition

Medieval Europe

Quantitative Analysis

2021

Does Brexit Spark Voter Contagion? New Research on Withdrawal Effects

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Voter Contagion

Brexit

EU-27 Europeans

Swiss Voters

Survey Data

2021

Good Politicians Can't Fix Bad Institutions: What the New Survey of Italian Mayors Reveals

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Italian Mayors

Descriptive Representation

Original Survey

Institutional Quality

2021

Why Green Polling Shifts Matter More Than Government Coalitions: A Policy Study

i

Coalition Prospects

Green Parties

Policy Stringency

Europe

2021

Are Populist Voters Truly Loyal? Mainstream Parties Risk Alienating Own Base.

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Populist Voting

Party Positioning

Anti-Establishment Voters

Germany

AfD Supporters

Restrictive Immigration Policy

Descriptive Representation

2021

Why European Leaders Gained Support from Italy's Early Coronavirus Lockdown

i

Crisis Signaling

European Countries

Survey Data

Italy Lockdown

2021

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Britain's Political Winds: Ideology Shifts Fuel Polarization Despite Depolarization Claims

Ideological Polarization

Redistributive Ideology

Britisht Politics

Elite Cues

2021

3 R files

How Brexit Identity Fostered Polarization Beyond Party Lines?

i

Affective Polarization

Brexit Identity

United Kingdom

Opinion-based Groups

2021

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Poor Health Predicts Support for Right-Wing Populists in Europe

Health Vulnerability

Right-wing Populism

ESS

Political Behavior

Public Health

2021

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Party Rivalry Ignites Grassroots Action? Exploring Their Surprising Connection

Party Competition

Political Activism

Argentina

Brazil

US

Surveys

2021

Why Do Pub Closures Boost Radical Right Support?

i

Community Pubs Dataset

Working Class Condition

UK Panel Data (2013–2016)

2021

Surprisingly, Governments Delay Austerity Until After Elections in Western Europe

i

Electoral Cycles

Austerity Reform

Minimal Winning Cabinets

Strategic Timing

2021

i

Norwegian Elections: Unexpected Fragmentation After Proportional Representation Reform

Proportional Representation

Norway

Voter Coordination

Strategic Voting

Fragmentation

2021

i

New Method Hones EU Regional Preferences from National Data

Bayesian Additive Regression Tree

Synthetic Post Stratification

Eurobarometer Data

Subnational Preferences

2021

i

Radical Right Politicians Lose Followers After Twitter Purge of Bots

Radical Right

Twitter Purge

Digital Advantage

European Bots

2021

i

Direct Appeals To Stigmatized Groups Can Backfire On Fundraising

Text Donation Experiment

Fundraising Effectiveness

Stigmatized Groups

NGOs Greece

2021

i

Why Higher UK Election Spending Limits Favor Incumbents & Reduce Labour Candidates

Labour

Incumbents

Elections

Spending Limits

2021

i

Investing Money Shifts Britons Right: New Field Experiment Reveals Market Trust's Political Impact

Financial Markets

England

Right-leaning Outlook

Deservingness Theory

2021

i

Party Leadership Experience Linked to Prime Ministerial Success in Central and Eastern Europe

Prime Minister

Party Leader

Central Europe

Eastern Europe

Expert Survey

2021

New Data Shifts Politicians' Policy Views: A Look at Responsive Governance

i

Public Opinion

Descriptive Representation

Quantitative Methods

California Legislators

2021

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Diversity Institutionalization Boosts Muslim Representation in Europe

Descriptive Representation

Ethnocultural Diversity

European Muslims

Multivariate Regression

2021

Beyond Unitary Actors: How Austrian MPs' Specialization Shapes Issue Engagement

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Multiparty System

Austria

Spatial Lag Model

Representation Theory

2021

CEM reveals hidden impact of abstentions on European election outcomes

i

Coarsened Exact Matching

Abstention Impact

Social Democracies

Turnout Simulation

2021

i

How Unemployment Shapes Voter Preferences: A Geographic Divide

Labor Market

Unemployment Rate

Partisan Voting

Swedish Data

Asset-Based Cleavage

2021

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Grand Coalitions Hurt Mainstream Parties in the EU — But Penalties Are Smaller

Grand Coalitions

Party Competition

Electoral Punishment

New Parties

European Union

2021

i

MPs Barely Penalized for Brexit Positions, and They Know It

Issue Accountability

Brexit

MPs

Survey

Vote Share

2021

APSR

1 Archives

Negative Immigration Portrayals Erode Welfare Support in Germany, Sweden and UK

i

Negativity Bias

Welfare State

Immigration Framing

Germany

Sweden

UK

2021

i

Online Petitions Boost MP Advocacy Despite Party Constraints

Online Activism

Dyadic Representation

UK E-petition

Parliamentary Debate

2021

Why Legislators Dial Up Emotion When Parliament Is In The Spotlight

i

Emotive Rhetoric

Parliamentary Speech

Word Embeddings

United Kingdom

Ireland

2021

i

Brexit Polls: Policy vs. Loyalty Battle Ignites UK Election Anger

Brexit

United Kingdom

Partisanship

Policy Preferences

2021

3 R files

6 datasets

Beyond Party Dimensions: Voter Preferences Reveal Political Competition Nuances Across Europe

i

Political Competition

Voter Preferences

Supply-Side Analysis

Descriptive Representation

2021

i

Electoral Vulnerability Favors Speechmaking When Intermingled Between Parties

Electoral Vulnerability

Intraparty Competition

Preferential Voting System

Legislative Speechmaking

Finland

2021

Catalonia Crackdown Sparks Temporary Independence Support Surge

i

State Repression

Catalonia

Public Referendum

Political Mobilization

2021

i

Seniority Dictates Election Paths: Stability in Norwegian Party Politics

Seniority Norms

Norwegian Elections

Seniority Progression

Incumbent Re-nomination

2021

i

Contradictory Effects of Term Limits on Parliamentarians' Behavior

Switzerland

Federal Council Chambers

Cantonal Parliaments

Term Limits

Shirking Behavior

Slacking Patterns

Legislative Accountability

2021

Refugees in Eastern Germany: Why Right-Wing Support Didn't Change But Voters Centered

i

Germany

East Germany

Refugee Allocation Policy

Sociotropic Model

Right-wing Vote Share

Survey Responses (AV Scales)

Convergence

2021

Resource Allocation Shapes Military Effectiveness: A New Budgetary Analysis

i

Budget Allocation

Fiscal-military State

Armed Forces Spending

National Security Strategy

2021

2 Stata files

3 datasets

Dominican Influence Unexpectedly Fueled Medieval City Governance Shifts

i

Dominican Order

Institutional Diffusion

Difference-in-difference Design

Medieval Cities

2021

Female Leadership Boosts Women's Political Voice in UK Parliament

i

Descriptive Representation

Responsiveness

Uk House Of Commons

Backbenchers

2021

i

Why Do Centrist Parties Struggle? A Western Europe Analysis

Centrist Parties

Western Europe

Election Results

Media Perception

2021

i

How European Governments Constantly Rethink Their Power Structures

Portfolio Allocation

Institutional Change

Western Europe

Party Power

2021

i

How MPs Enforce Debate Limits Despite Shared Views: A Look at UK Parliamentary Rules

UK House Of Commons

Parliamentary Reform

Polarization Measures

Legislator Preferences

Standing Orders

2021

i

New ML Technique Tackles Labeling Problem in Political Speech Analysis

Transfer Learning

Topic Labeling

UK House Of Commons

Comparative Agendas Project

2021

How Elections Sharpen Public Views on Welfare States

i

Elections

Regression Discontinuity Design

Welfare State Attitudes

Denmark

2021

i

Why Politicians Misread Voters — How Balanced Exposure Reduces Elite Bias

Elite Beliefs

Public Opinion

Sweden

Switzerland

Panel Survey

2021

i

Globalization and Automation Fuel Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Europe

Populism

Globalization

Automation

Right-Wing Extremism

2021

Party Gatekeeping and Ethnicity: Who Really Gets Invited?

i

Ethnic Politics

Qualitative Analysis

Party Gatekeeping

2021

Cynics Were Right: UK MPs Prioritize Power Over Self-Transcendence Values

i

Homophily

Eu Networks

Welfare States

Administrative Capacity

2021

i

Basic Human Values

Uk Mp

Power Motivation

Self-transcendence

2021

i

Austerity's Surprising Appeal in Voter Preferences During Economic Downturns

Austerity Policy

Voter Preference

Survey Data

Electoral Backlash

2021

i

Why Does Gentrification Help Labour Despite Displacing Its Voters?

Gentrification

Urban Displacement

Labour Party

Electoral Coalition

2021

APSR

New women mayors lower corruption risks through network exclusion

i

Marginalization Theory

French Municipalities

Regression Discontinuity Design

Tenure Effect

2021

2 datasets

Why Did MPs Push for Proportional Representation?

i

2020

Proportional Representation

Germany

Candidate Nomination

Legislative Behavior

2020

i

Parties Blur Positions on Lesser Issues: A Response Strategy in Polarized Voter Environments

Voter Polarization

Western Europe

Prime Issues

Position Blurring

2020

2 Stata files

Demand or Discontent? Far Right Voters Weigh Both Motivations

i

FarRightParties

PolicyDemand

ProtestSentiment

StrategicIncentives

EuropeanElectionStudy

2020

i

Party Size Shapes Issue Selection in Campaigns

Spatial Theory

Saliency Theory

Europe

Electoral Strategy

2020

i

Complex Party Structures Diminish Representation Across Europe

Party Organization

Congruence

Horizontal Integration

Vertical Integration

2020

i

Campaign Activity Doesn't Predict Post-Election Legislative Effort

Legislative Effort

Policy Seeking

European Parliament

Regression

2020

Coalition Choices Reveal Ideology: Why Parties' Actions Shape Voter Perceptions

i

Coalition Formation

Ideological Reputation

European Countries

Quasi-experiment

2020

i

Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland Agree More Than You'd Expect

Conjoint Experiment

Northern Ireland

Brexit Border

Utility Function

2020

How Do Parties Form Fragile Coalitions So Quickly?

i

Coalition Bargaining

European Democracies

Copula Approach

Government Formation

2020

i

Corruption Doesn't Deter Renominations—Except When Voters Notice

Corruption Perception

Italy Elections

Legislative Renomination

Democratic Accountability

2020

Direct Democracy Cuts Government Spending, But Not Deficits in Spain

i

Direct Democracy

Spain

Regression Discontinuity Design

Special Interests

2020

i

Does Media Coverage Drive UKIP Support or Vice Versa? New Evidence on Causal Dynamics

UKIP

Media Coverage

Support Levels

First-Past-The-Post System

2020

i

Does public opinion affect political speech?

Public Opinion

Germany

Polling Data

Linguistic Analysis

2020

i

Dualization Turns Upside Down: Manufacturing Workers Fueling Right-Wing Populism

Dualization

Service Workers

Industrial Mobilization

Right-Wing Populism

2020

i

Party Splits: Similar Vote Share Patterns Emerge Across Diverse European Democracies

Party Splits

European Countries

Vote Shares

Rump Parties

Splinter Legislators

2020

i

Brexit's Unexpected Impact on Spain's Election

Brexit

Spain

Cross-National Electorate

Survey Experiment

2020

i

Brexit Surprise: How Pro-EU Campaigns Shift Attitudes Despite Small Effects

Survey Experiment

Message Framing

EU Referendum

Political Science

2020

i

Gender Gap in Representation Explained by Incumbency Bias

Incumbency Bias

Descriptive Representation

European Parliament

Logistic Regression

2020

i

Extreme Stability Hinders Growth: Why Medium Isn't Better For Development?

State Stability

Europe Historical

Elite Capture

Investment Innovation

2020

i

Why Do Swedish Politicians Respond Differently to Polling Data?

Opinion Polls

Survey Experiment

Swedish Politics

Strategic Adjustment

2020

Minister Position vs Economic Conditions Shapes Budget Control in Ireland's Austerity Era

i

Intra-cabinet Politics

Ireland

Latent Dimension Analysis

Austerity

2020

i

Does Germany's East Signal Democratic Decline? Separating Age Effects from Cohort Shifts

Liberal Democracy

Age Effects

Cohort Analysis

East Germany

West Germany

2020

Camp Proximity Sparks Enduring Hate in German Generations

i

Concentration Camps

Outgroup Intolerance

Cognitive Dissonance

Germany

2020

i

Did Literacy Reduce State-Society Friction? New Evidence from 19th-Century France

Literacy

Marriage Regulations

Fr19th Century France

Transaction Costs

2020

i

People With Disabilities in Europe Face Political Confidence vs. Trusting Gap Despite Barriers

Disabilities

Europe

ESSE Dataset

Political Efficacy

2020

i

No Voter Gap? Same-Sex Couples' Political Participation Matches Heterosexuals in Western Europe

LGBTQ+

European Social Survey

Western Europe

Regression Analysis

2020

2 Stata files

Gender Bias in Political Leadership: Media Coverage Shifts During Campaigns

i

Gender Bias In Political Leadership

Media Stereotypes

Dutch National Newspapers

Representation

2020

i

France's Headscarf Ban: Unintended Consequences on Muslim Women Integration

Secularism

Muslim Women

France

Headscarf Ban

Social Identity Theory

Religious Minorities

Integration

2020

i

New Dataset Reveals 200 Years of UK Parliamentary Procedures

Parliamentary Procedures

Uk House Commons

Machine-readable Data

Legislative Reform

2020

Expansions Boost Government Approval Too: Welfare Changes in Britain and Denmark

i

Welfare Benefits

Legislative Decisions

Voter Reaction

Government Approval

2020

i

New Bundestag Dataset Reveals Insights into Roll Call Voting Patterns (1949–2013)

German Bundestag

Roll Call Votes

Quantitative Content Analysis

Descriptive Representation

2020

i

Interest Group Influence vs. Voter Preferences: How German Parties Respond

Interest Group Influence

Voter Alignment

Longitudinal Design

German Elections

Policy Agenda

2020

i

Quantifying Labour's Local Impact: A Synthetic Control Study of Norway

Social Democratic Parties

Norway

Synthetic Control Method

Local Elections

2020

i

Less Censorship Didn't Mean More Stability: How Media Fueled 1989 East Germany's Revolution

Censorship

Revolution

Gdr

West German Tv

2020

i

Unexpectedly High Political Responsiveness Outside Candidates' Own Districts

Intrinsic Motivation

Extrinsic Motivation Crowding Out

Electoral Competition

Constituency Work

2020

i

Revaluation Shock in Poland: How Economic Exposure Shifts Voter Loyalty

Economic Shocks

Voting Behavior

Swiss Francs

Poland Elections

2020

i

Income Inequality Explains EU Fiscal Divergence During Euro Crisis

Risk Pooling

Fiscal Integration

Income Inequality

Redistribution

2020

i

Why Social Democracy's Decline Tracks Industrial Workers' Numbers, 1918-2017

Social Democracy

Industrial Workers

Public Spending

Election Results

2020

i

Rebellion's Voice: UK MPs Speak Simply When Voting Against Party Lines

Legislative Speech

Descriptive Representation Theory

Random Forests Analysis

Parliamentary Dissent

2020

Trade Politics Explain the Rise of Progressive Taxation Before WWI

i

Trade Policy

Labor Elites

Progressive Taxation

1870s

1913

Germany

Britain

2020

i

How Trust in Government Shapes MEPs' Votes on New Trade Deals

Trust

CTAs

European Parliament

Multilevel Model

Trade Voting

2020

Why measuring high-level corruption is tough — and this study might help.

i

Corruption Proxy

Public Procurement

Europe Dataset

Composite Score

2020

i

Machine Learning Unveils New Insights into European Union Power Delegation

Machine Learning

Delegation

EU Legislation

Legislative Analysis

2020

i

Victorian Voting: How Early Liberalism Set the Stage for Modern Parties

United_Kingdom

Poll_Books

Party_Orientation

Class_Alignment

2020

i

2019

Policy Responsiveness Not Equal for Men and Women Despite Similar Representation Gains

Descriptive Representation

Substantive Representation

Responsiveness Gap

Parliamentary Gender Quotas

Western Europe Countries

TSCS Analysis

2019

i

Did Random Selection Build Younger Legislators? The French Lottery's Impact on Party Development

Political Lotteries

French Third Republic

Budget Committee Selection

Deputy Data

Party Development

2019

i

Career Ambitions & How Electoral Rules Shape MEP Participation

Career Ambitions

Electoral Institutions

Meps

Candidate-centered System

2019

i

Beyond Citizens: Why Parties Might Critically Assess Democracies

Critical Citizens

Expert Surveys

Regime Access

Habituation Effect

2019

3 Stata files

Electoral Reform's Tightrope: Balancing Legislator Quality and Responsiveness

i

Proportional Representation

Majoritarian Systems

Swiss Electoral Reform

Difference-in-difference Analysis

2019

i

Chivalry in Diplomacy: Men Back Vulnerable Female Negotiators From Low-Equality States

Gender Stereotyping

Chivalry

EU Council

Survey Experiment

Negotiation

2019

IO

Beyond Party Lines: How German Legislators Represent Local Interests

i

Quantitative Text Analysis

German Bundestag

Federal Republic Germany

Localness

2019

How Citizens' Search for Policy Information Shapes Their Political Preferences

i

Information Acquisition

Issue Voting

European Parliament Elections

Laboratory Experiment

2019

US Voter Mobilization Boosts Donor Drive; European Door-to-Door Efforts Show Less Impact.

i

Door-to-Door Canvassing

Voter Turnout

Denmark

USA

Cross-national Meta-analysis

2019

i

Does Political Responsibility Drive Election Outcomes? Not Always...

Political Representation

Accountability Mechanisms

Adaptive Strategies

Policy-Specific Effects

2019

i

Why Parties 'Emphasize' Instead Of Move

Manifesto Analysis

Emphasis-based Policy Change

Opinion-based Change

Organizational Power

Systemic Triggers

2019

i

Dissent Boosts Approval: Voter Preference for Legislator Independence

Valence Signaling

Legislator Dissent

British Voters

2019

i

Tracking European Support Across Nations: A New Consistent Indicator

Public Opinion

Comparative Research

European Integration

Countries

2019

1 Other

Elections Hinder International Deals: New Insights on Political Uncertainty

i

Election Uncertainty

International Agreements

European Union

Two-level Games

2019

i

Beyond Independence: Social Influence Shapes EU Parliament Vetoes

Legislative Networks

European Parliament

Party Families

Veto Power

2019

Party Organization Shapes Nationalization: A Multilevel Analysis of European Political Parties

i

Party Nationalization

European Countries

Multilevel Analysis

Ideological Unity

2019

Four Dimensions of Conservatism Unveiled in European Mass Publics, 1981-2016

i

Policy Ideology

European Countries

Mass Publics

IRT Model

2019

APSR

Territorial Representation Skews EU Policy: How National Opinions Shape Change

i

Territorial Representation

European Union

Policy Change

Public Opinion

2019

i

Thatcher's Children More Right-Authoritarian? Later Generation Even Stronger in This Trend

British Social Attitudes

Generation Effects

Authoritarianism

Generations

2019

British MPs' Core Values Persist Through Generations: A Longitudinal Study

i

British MPs

Longitudinal Values Study

Persistence Hypothesis

Crystallized Values Theory

Rokeach Rankings

2019

i

Economic Crises Force Tighter Political Alignment Among Eurozone Parties

Political Representation

Machine Coding

Eurozone

Party Alignment

2019

i

Party Leadership Changes Boost Voter Perception Accuracy in Western Europe

Voter Perception

Party Leader Change

Western Europe

Ideological Positioning

2019

i

Camp Proximity Paradox: Nearby Nazi Sites Boost Far-Right Voting in Germany

Concentration Camps

Germany Election

Memory Satiation

Radical Right Parties

2019

Politicians Resist Evidence That Disagrees With Their Beliefs

i

Motivated Reasoning

Affective Tipping Points

Survey Experiment

Danish Politicians

2019

3 Stata files

Unequal Speech Time? How Election Timing Shapes Debate Access in European Parliaments

i

Parliamentary Speech Time

Election Cycles

Campaign Periods

Six European Parliaments

Quantitative Analysis

2019

5 datasets

EU Council Voting Shifts Not Due to Individual Presidency

i

Trio Presidency

Council Of The European Union

Voting Behavior

Agenda Setting

2019

i

Does Coalition Diversity Always Increase Policy Influence? New Evidence on Issue Salience

Coalition Composition

Issue Salience

Pluralist Theory

Europe

Regression Analysis

2019

i

Britain's Tax Cuts Boost Environmental Willingness Despite Political Skepticism

Environmental Taxes

Britain Survey Experiment

Tax Offset

Political Trust

2019

Short Durability? Parliament Boosts Spending Ahead

i

2018

Cabinet Durability

Fiscal Discipline

European Democracies

Budget Deficit

2018

i

LGBT Candidates Didn't Hurt Their Parties' Votes in 2015 UK Election

Sexual Orientation

UK Election

Candidate Impact

Descriptive Representation

2018

i

Social Democrats Aren't Fully Cartelized: Membership Holds, EU Positions Converge

Cartel Party

Social Democracy

Party Membership

Public Funding

Manifestos

2018

IPSR

Did Warnings Fail? Catholic Distrust Boosted Nazi Electoral Success

i

Religious Voting Patterns

Nazi Electoral Success

Weimar Germany

Catholic Parishioners

2018

i

How Two Issues Explain Italy's Surprising 2018 Coalition

Coalition Formation

Spatial Model

Italy

Immigration

Left-right

2018

i

Global Competition's Local Impact: How Trade Pressures Fueled Brexit

Brexit Referendum

Economic Globalization

Import Competition

UK Regions

2018

i

Campaigns Shift European Vote: National Allegiances Lose Ground to EU Issues

Descriptive Representation Theory

Rolling Cross-sectional Survey

Europe

EU Issue Voting

2018

i

Why Do Extreme MPs Rebel? Government Control Fuels Strategic Party Loyalty Breaks

Party Discipline

Ideological Extremism

Grandstanding

Government Control

2018

i

The Decline of Working-Class Representation Drives Voter Turnout Away

Working Class Representation

Abstention Rates

British Elections

Policy Alienation

2018

i

A Seat on City Council Boosts Spending by 1%: What Does It Mean?

Public Employees

Politicians

Municipal Spending

Close Elections

Finland

2018

i

French Far Right's Clever Shift: Neo-Racism Hides Behind Mainstream Secularity

Anti-islam Discourse

Legitimacy Strategies

Social Network Analysis

Neo-racism

France

Secularity

2018

2 datasets

Does Survey Response Match Reality? New Findings on Swiss Parliamentarians' Reporting

i

Self Selection

Misreporting Bias

Parliamentarian Survey

Swiss Politics

2018

i

Partisan Ambiguity: A Clever Strategy When Voters and Core Supporters Disagree

Wordscores

Eurobarometer

Strategic Ambiguity

Party Platforms

2018

i

Cultural Threat Reigns Supreme Despite Brexit Economic Shift

Cultural Threat

Economic Threat

Safety Threat

Britain

Survey Research

2018

i

Royal discretion increased government bargaining power in 20th century European coalitions

Constitutional Monarchy

Bargaining Power Theory

Portfolio Allocation

Reform Periods

2018

3 text files

Parties Follow Citizens' Issue Priorities: A Counterintuitive Path to Ownership

i

Associative Issue Ownership

Niche Party

Germany Dataset

Great Britain Survey

Citizens' Issue Salience

Regression Analysis

2018

2 other files

From Unitary to Federal: How National Court Structures Shape EU Legal Integration

i

Legal Integration

Institutional Change

Spatiotemporal Theory

Judicial Enforcement

Supranationalism

Europe

2018

i

EU Oversight Effective? Yes, but They Strategically Drop Cases of Intentional Noncompliance.

EU Oversight

Compliance Strategies

Intentional Noncompliance

Strategic Dropping Of Cases

2018

i

Suffrage Extension Sparked Shadow Cabinet's Rapid Rise, New Study Finds

Shadow Cabinet

Electoral Competition

Reform Acts

Speech Analysis

2018

i

This Means: Import Competition from China Drives Rise in Nationalist Voting across Western Europe

Import Competition

Chinese Imports

Western Europe

Sociotropic Effect

2018

i

When Do Voters Support the European Union's Involvement in Gay Rights?

2018

Pol. Behav.

4 Stata files

Why Women Shy Away From RRPs: The Role of Motivated Prejudice

i

Radical Right

Women Voters

Prejudice Control

Policy Preferences

2018

i

2017

Media Spotlight: How Interest Groups Shape News in UK, Spain & Denmark

Interest Groups

Media Systems

Hallin Mancini

UK Denmark Spain

2017

Past Election Outcomes Shape Future Voter Turnout in Britain

i

Electoral Competitiveness

British Elections

Voter Turnout

New Electors

2017

i

Speeches vs. Votes: Text Analysis Uncovers Bigger Swiss Party Preferences

Intra-party Preferences

Ideal Points

Text Scaling

Swiss Legislature

2017

i

Globalization's Unequal Impact on Labor Politics

Globalization

Labor Market Risk Perception

Policy Preferences

Offshoring

2017

i

Why Isn't Party System Volatility in Post-Communist Europe on Everyone's Radar?

Party System Volatility

Post-communist Europe

Eastern Europe

Network Analysis

2017

Response Rates Miss the Mark: German Study Reveals Bureaucratic Discrimination

i

Bureaucratic Discrimination

Conjoint Experiment

Response Quality

Ethnic Minorities

2017

i

Electoral Uncertainty Pushes EU Legislators Toward National Party Priorities

Electoral Volatility

Legislative Representation

Multiple Principals

European Parliament

2017

Is Economic Performance Really Driving Post-Communist Party Volatility?

i

Party System

Volatility

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Long-Term Economy

2017

i

Family Legacies Give Ministerial Boost

Cabinet Selection

Political Dynasties

Ireland

Ministerial Appointment

2017

Economic Gains vs. Moral Costs: Proximity to Nazi Death Camp Treblinka

i

Property Rights

Exogenous Shock

Poland

Redistribution

2017

i

2016

New Method Analyzes Party Manifestos: Insights from Austria's 2002–2008 Elections

Manifesto Content

Hierarchical Coding Scheme

Austrian Elections

Comparative Election Studies

2016

i

Was government spending driving Greek voters' choices?

Rent Seeking

Greece

Clientelism

Institutional Constraints

2016

PSR&M

European Union Member States in Cross-National Analyses: The Dangers of Neglecting Supranational Policymaking

i

2016

Coalition Heuristics Clash: Voters' Europe Views vs. Party Manifestos

i

Coalition Heuristic

Party Positions

Europe

Sorting

2016

i

Crimes of Inequality? Why Europe's Rich Favor Redistribution Despite Wealth

Redistribution Preferences

Western Europe

Crime Fear

Inequality

2016

i

Ministers Prioritize Scrapping Agencies Over Performance

Parliamentary Systems

UK Government

Agency Survival

Termination Risk

2016

i

Lobbying Divides Swiss Parliament: Sectional Groups Weaken, Cause Groups Strengthen

Interest Group Influence

Sectional Groups Defection

Cause Groups Alignment

Swiss Parliament Representation

2016

i

2015

Broad Policy Appeals: How Parties Seem Closer to Voters in European Elections

Broad Appeal

Ideological Perception Gap

Western Europe Surveys

Campaign Messaging

2015

i

Geography's Hidden Impact on Elections in Plurality Systems

Plurality Systems

Vote-Seat Curve

Territorial Concentration

Great Britain

2015

i

Role Model Effect Fades After 16 Years for Women's Political Representation

Role Models

Women Representation

Switzerland Municipal Elections

Descriptive Representation

2015

i

2014

Party manifestos vs. voters' broader understanding: A European perspective

Europe

Perceptions

Experts

Partisan Sorting

2014

i

Can Portugal's Left-Wing Alliance Rejuvenate Social Democracy?

Portugal

Social Democracy

Coalition

Radical Left

Case Study

2014

i

Government Agenda Power Boosted as Opponents Gain Scrutiny in 19th Century UK Parliament

Opposition Scrutiny

Parliamentary Responsiveness

Government Agenda Power

Balfour's Policy Shift

2014

i

Economic Nationalism vs Cosmopolitan Concerns: What Drives German Opinions on Euro Bailouts?

Altruism

Cosmopolitanism

Redistribution Preference

Germany

2014

i

Denmark's Municipal Merger Challenge: Economy of Scale or Not?

Denmark

Municipal Merger

Political Economy

Quasi-Experiment

2014

AJPS

Does High Enforcement Success Drive EU Compliance? New Study Reveals Strategic Deficits

i

Compliance Studies

Eu Central Monitoring System

Sanctioning Costs

Empirical Analysis

2014

i

2013

Audience Costs Among the British Public: The Impact of Escalation, Crisis Type, and Prime Ministerial Rhetoric

2013

2 other files

Council-Parliament Deals: How Financial Control Extends EU Policy Influence

i

Package Deals

Council-Parliament Exchange

Logrolling

Distributive Politics

2013

i

EP Questions: National Opposition Parties Sound EU Policy Alarms

Parliamentary Questions

European Parliament

National Opposition

Upsurveillance

2013

1 R files

EU Bargaining Shows Power Isn't Everything

i

Bargaining Strategies

Institutional Structure

Eu Dataset

Formal Models

2013

i

2012

Donors' Preferences and Agent Choice: Delegation of European Development Aid

2012

Right-Wing Governance Boosts Public Services—But Only Under Intense Competition

i

Party Competition

Public Services

Right Wing Governance

UK Local Government

2012

i

The Kyoto Protocol: Two-Level Bargaining and European Integration

2012

2 text files

Italian Governing Coalitions' Agenda Power: Less Dominance Than Expected?

i

2008

Agenda Power

Italy

Roll Call

Parliamentary Procedure

2008

Revisiting Declines in Social Cleavages Across Western Europe

i

2007

Social Structure

Electoral Behavior

Comparative Politics

Western Europe

2007