The Cost of Convergence: How Policy Shifts Signal Motivations and Commitment*

• In Event: Far Right Parties

Brief Overview

We argue that voters discount the credibility of policy shifts which can be perceived to be pandering to public opinion. Two survey experiments, one on the accommodation of the radical right in Europe, supports our argument.

Authors

• Love Christensen, Aarhus University

• Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez, University Carlos III of Madrid