Maxime Walder (@walderm.bsky.social)

This article now has page numbers! 🤩 Using data from 28 countries between 1980 and 2021 I find that parties polarize during economic downturns. Further exploring the mechanisms, I show that they do so in reaction to changing voter priorities and grievances. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Polarisation or convergence? How the economy shapes party policy positions A well-studied hypothesis in the political economy literature is that economic globalisation leads to the convergence of economic policies because of increasing international constraints. However, ... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2024.2342415#abstract