Structural Drivers of Social-Democratic Moderation: Evidence from Western Europe

• In Event: Electoral and Policy Consequences of Party Competition

Brief Overview

We analyze how economic conditions and structural economic factors are associated with mainstream left parties moderation, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in terms of fiscal position and exposure to global competition.

Authors

• Italo Colantone, Bocconi University

• Vincenzo Galasso, Bocconi University

• Piero Stanig, Bocconi University