Downs (1957) suggested that voters would be motivated to choose mainstream parties that were close to them in left-right terms, and researchers have assumed that the same preference for proximate parties would apply when considering issue locations. Indeed issues and left-right location have...

This paper examines the reciprocal nature of dynamic representation in 14 European democracies. It takes up the stylized fact that the strength of mass-elite linkage varies over the electoral cycle. Based on the IntUne mass and elite surveys our empirical analyses suggest that European...

In previous empirical research, scholars have found evidence suggesting that the character-based valence attributes of party elites, such as competence and integrity, can have notable effects on their levels of electoral support (Mondak 1995; McCurley and Mondak 1995; Clark 2009). A related, but rather...

Bootstrap; Europäische Währungsunion; Frühwarnsystem; Makroökonomische Ungleichgewichte; Makroökonomische Überwachung; Penalized Splines; Risikoprämien auf Staatsschulden; Staatsschuldenkrise; Semiparametrische Regression; Signalansatz