The Political Economy of Party-System Emergence before Democracy

• In Event: Historical Dynamics of Party Development & Politics

Brief Overview

The paper analyzes the historical emergence of a Swedish party system in parliament by combining data on parliamentarian speeches, biographical information, and register data on taxation and production in all constituencies for the period.

Authors

• Simon Davidsson, Lund University

• Agustin Goenaga, Lund University

• Oriol Sabaté, University of Barcelona