Party Nomination Strategies in Closed and Flexible List PR

• In Event: Intra-Party Dynamics and Political Selection

Brief Overview

We propose a model of candidate selection in list proportional representation systems. They also show evidence from Sweden that parties place better candidates in higher ballot ranks.

Authors

• Peter Buisseret, University of Chicago

• Olle Folke, Uppsala University

• Carlo Prato, Columbia University in the City of New York

• Johanna Karin Rickne, Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)