The Effect of Niche Parties on Policy Making: how the rise of niche parties affects policy outputs

• In Event: Shaping Legislator Behavior and Policy Outcomes

Brief Overview

During elections mainstream parties change their agenda to respond to the positions taken by niche parties, so their policy positions become similar. I argue this effect translates into the policy outputs the elected party adopts once in government

Author

• Laura de Castro Quaglia, University of Texas at Austin