Party System Nationalization and its Influence on Contamination Effects in Mixed-Member Systems

• In Event: Political Issues and Party Systems

Brief Overview

In mixed-member electoral systems, the contamination between their two tiers raise the number of parties above a Duvergerian equilibrium. But these effects differ depending on the country's level of party system nationalization.

Author

• Abelardo Gómez Díaz, Pompeu Fabra University