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Breaking Ranks: Party Switching, Electoral Reform, and Legislative Discipline in Chile

Sat, April 5, 1:30 to 3:00pm CDT (1:30 to 3:00pm CDT), Palmer House Hilton, Floor: 7th, Burnham 2

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This study examines party switching in Chile's open-list proportional representation system, exploring how electoral reforms and party fragmentation influence legislators' decisions to switch parties and the electoral consequences of those switches.

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