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An Electoral Connection in European Parliament Voting
Lo, James
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12023
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URL:
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lsq.120...
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Dokumenttyp:
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Zeitschriftenartikel
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Erscheinungsjahr:
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2013
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Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe:
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Legislative Studies Quarterly
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Band/Volume:
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38
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Heft/Issue:
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4
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Seitenbereich:
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439-460
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Ort der Veröffentlichung:
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Iowa City, Iowa [u.a.]
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Verlag:
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Wiley
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ISSN:
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0362-9805 , 1939-9162
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Sprache der Veröffentlichung:
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Englisch
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Einrichtung:
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Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > SFB 884
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Fachgebiet:
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320 Politik
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Abstract:
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Concerns about endogeneity often complicate attempts to estimate a causal link between public opinion and the voting records of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). In this article, I overcome this problem by exploiting a rare natural experiment—the surprising and exogenous revelation of Irish public opinion that resulted from Ireland's ratification of the Nice treaty. I find that the Irish electorate's rejection of Nice caused Ireland's European Parliament delegation to vote in a more conservative manner, while its subsequent ratification caused a partial reversal of this shift. My finding of an electoral connection on the Nice treaty casts doubt on the claim that MEPs are largely unconstrained by voter preferences on European issues, despite claims of a democratic deficit in European institutions.
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