Populist parties and the two‐dimensional policy space

Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy *

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Causes and consequences of the rise of populist radical right parties and movements in Europe

This article reviews three strands in the scholarship on the populist radical right (PRR). It covers both political parties and extra-parliamentary mobilization in contemporary European democracies. After definitional issues and case selection, the authors first discuss demand-side approaches to the fortunes of the PRR. Subsequently, supply-side approaches are assessed, namely political opportu...

Electoral Incentives and Political Parties in the Brazilian Budget Policy

Do Parties Matter for Fiscal Policy Choices ?

In this paper I test whether parties matter for fiscal policy choices, i.e., government spending and level of taxes. It is part of conventional wisdom that the Left spends and taxes more than the Right. However, there are very few convincing empirical studies that show this to be the case. I argue that this might reflect either the data sets used, or the employed methodology. By using a very la...

Equilibrium Social Insurance with Policy-Motivated Parties

We study the political economy of social insurance with double heterogeneity of voters (i.e., different income and risk levels). Social insurance is financed through distortionary taxation and redistributes across income and risks. Individuals vote over the extent of social insurance, which they can complement on the private market. Private insurance suffers from adverse selection which results...