SEMINAR: Mitchell Downey (Stockholm University) – “The Returns to Dysfunctional Program Administration: Dangerous Incentives and Challenges to Electoral Accountability”
November 26, 2024 – 14.30h – Room 1038
SEMINAR: Federico Trombetta (Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) – “Jumping without parachutes. Revolving doors and political incentives”
September 17, 2024 – 14.30h – Room 1038
2024/08: Political parties and public policies. A review of the Spanish evidence
To what extent does the incumbent party’s identity shape public policies? We investigate this question by examining national and regional policies in Spain. First, we analyze the evolution of voter preferences and the platforms of the two mainstream parties (PSOE and PP) and of the newer challenger parties that emerged post-financial crisis (Ciudadanos, Podemos, and Vox). We focus on three key national-level issue dimensions: Economic, Social, and Centralization. As expected, the right-wing PP adopts a more conservative stance on all dimensions compared to the left-wing PSOE. However, the policy gap between these two parties remains relatively stable until the mid-2000s, with party platforms tracking the evolution of citizen preferences. After this period, platforms start to diverge, especially in the case of new parties, which display radical stances on these dimensions. We also provide descriptive evidence suggesting that these platform differences have translated into enacted policies. Second, to offer causal evidence on the effect of party identity on policy decisions, we examine partisan disparities in regional fiscal policies. Our findings reveal significant differences in tax policy following the granting of tax autonomy to the regions, somewhat moderated by tax competition and fiscal limits.
SEMINAR: Juan F. Vargas (University of Turin) – “Fear to Vote: Explosions, Salience, and Elections”
March 19, 2024 – 14.30h – Sala de Recepcions
SEMINAR: Jaakko Meriläinen (Stockholm School of Economics) – “Long-Run Consequences of Propaganda in the Classroom”
April 9, 2024 – 14.30h – Room 1038
SEMINAR: Riccardo Turati (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) – “Digging Up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities”
December 12, 2023 – Room 1038 – 14.30h
