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TY - JOUR
T1 - Electoral Institutions and Intraparty Cohesion
AU - Matakos, Konstantinos
AU - Savolainen, Riikka
AU - Troumpounis, Orestis
AU - Tukiainen , Janne
AU - Xefteris, Dimitrios
PY - 2024/11/30
Y1 - 2024/11/30
N2 - By utilizing unique data capturing candidates’ ideological positions in Finnish municipal elections and leveraging exogenous changes in council size at different population thresholds as a proxy for electoral rule disproportionality and the expected advantage to the election winner, we identify a positive effect of council size on party cohesion. We propose the following mechanism: if a more diverse set of candidates is electorally appealing but less efficient in serving policy-related goals, parties face weaker incentives to maintain cohesion in institutional settings, such as smaller councils, which reward higher vote shares more generously.
AB - By utilizing unique data capturing candidates’ ideological positions in Finnish municipal elections and leveraging exogenous changes in council size at different population thresholds as a proxy for electoral rule disproportionality and the expected advantage to the election winner, we identify a positive effect of council size on party cohesion. We propose the following mechanism: if a more diverse set of candidates is electorally appealing but less efficient in serving policy-related goals, parties face weaker incentives to maintain cohesion in institutional settings, such as smaller councils, which reward higher vote shares more generously.
U2 - 10.1086/731286
DO - 10.1086/731286
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
JO - Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
JF - Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
SN - 2832-9368
IS - 4
ER -