Although, spatial sorting is of great interest for policy makers -- it has consequences on education, skills and inequality -- no overarching theoretical framework of spatial sorting exists. In the present study we propose a simple and analytically solvable spatial general equilibrium model of...

There is a lively academic debate over whether political cleavages in the European Union (EU) follow mainly territorial (national) or non-territorial (ideological) patterns. This article analyses the cleavages that structure the conflict over European chemicals policy, the so-called REACH...

In this article, we address recent claims that executive— legislative relations in parliamentary democracies are undergoing important changes owing to either a `presidentialization' or a `Europeanization' of domestic political systems. Therefore, we test empirically whether parliamentary...