Political Regimes, Party Ideological Homogeneity and Polarization

• In Event: Design of Electoral Institutions

Brief Overview

We provide a model that rationalizes why mainstream US parties are more ideologically heterogeneous than their British counterpart. Parties' organizational choices magnify the effects of political institutions and the socio-economic environment.

Authors

• Benoit Serge Crutzen, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• Micael Castanheira, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)