Do Parties Make a Difference? A Reappraisal

Political Institutions and the Opinion–Policy Link

“…This would be in line with past work, including, e.g. Blais et al (1996) and Soroka and Wlezien (2004). 29.…”

“…Consider findings in other work exploring the impact of partisanship with more data, e.g. Blais et al (1996). 28.…”

Did globalization restrict partisan politics? An empirical evaluation of social expenditures in a panel of OECD countries

“…For example, higher public expenditures under leftist governments were reported by e.g. Blais et al (1993Blais et al ( , 1996 and Cusack (1997) for panels of OECD countries. But overall, previous research does not provide consistent empirical evidence that leftist governments increased public spending.…”

Does government ideology influence political alignment with the U.S.? An empirical analysis of voting in the UN General Assembly

“…Partisan theory, for example, suggests that leftwing governments implement more expansionary policies and favor more government intervention than rightwing governments-although the empirical evidence is mixed and whether party ideology mattered depends on the policy field and time period. For example, higher public expenditures under leftist governments were reported by Blais et al (1993Blais et al ( , 1996 for panels of OECD countries. Yet there is no conclusive empirical evidence that leftist governments in fact spent more.…”