Bruno Heyndels
Biographic Data
| ID | 1535239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruno Heyndels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruno |
| FAMILY NAME | Heyndels |
| SIGNATURE | HEYNDELS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0721-1364 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 284 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Socioeconomic anxieties and electoral polarization
Forever young
Political selection is crucial for the functioning of democracy. However, the practice—in education and sports contexts—of artificially dividing school‐age children into different age groups leads to a considerable bias in this selection. The probability of becoming a (successful) politician depends on individuals' relative age. Being born shortly after the cut‐off date significantly increases the probability that an individual will be politicall…
Sex differences in incumbents’ turnover odds
Sex-B(i)ased List Promotion
Party leaders, acting as gatekeepers, have a direct impact on politicians’ careers. The fact that this leadership is often male has been identified as a source of discrimination against female candidates. We analyze such sex-biased party politics in formation of party lists. Recently, candidates’ list ranking in (semi-) open list systems has been shown to depend on their electoral performance) in the previous election. Using electoral data from t…
Gender Quotas as (Non-)Binding Constraints
In semi-open list systems, parties present pre-selected pools of candidates to the electorate. Candidates’ assigned ranks on the lists heavily influence their election odds and may reflect party leaders’ preferences, notably a possible gender bias. To strengthen women's representation, parties’ choices are increasingly subject to legal quotas. These quotas are expected to be less binding for left-wing parties, which tend to be more women-friendly…
Within-Party Sex Gaps in Expenditure Preferences among Flemish Local Politicians
The sex gap in politics is widely documented: women tend to support left-wing parties more than men do. Evidence of this observation was recently supplemented by the identification of a within-party sex gap: within parties, female voters and politicians tend to take more left-wing positions. While this research typically limits itself to one policy area or one political party, we provide more broad-based evidence of within-party sex gaps among Fl…
Sex differences in budgetary preferences among Flemish local politicians
All’s fair in taxation
Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants' policy preferences
Distinct policy options are typically characterized by a number of advantages (or ‘opportunities’) and disadvantages (or ‘threats’). The preference for one option over another depends on how individuals within an organization perceive these opportunities and threats. In this article, we argue that individuals' identification with an organization's core aims and objectives constitutes a key determinant of this perception. We propose that stronger …
Bargaining complexity and the duration of government formation
Does social capital increase political accountability? An empirical test for Flemish municipalities
Explaining the Green vote
In the debate about the electoral appeal of Green parties, some authors argue that Green voting is a phenomenon typical of the ‘new middle class’ (young, highly educated and urban), while others assume that Green parties are able to reach out to new constituencies. Aggregate level data on the electoral performance of Belgian Green parties in the period 1994–2006, analysed using a Tobit II model, indicate that entry into the elections is strongly …
The impact of ‘central places’ on spatial spending patterns
Fertile grounds for extreme right-wing parties
Everyone likes a winner
Explaining the formation of minimal coalitions
Recent theoretical arguments hold that the institutional setting of a political system influences coalition formation. Empirical analyses that confront these hypotheses have, however, been slow to emerge. We provide a first test of the relation between coalition formation and one element within this institutional setting: the existence of commitments not to join forces with certain ‘pariah’ parties (i.e., anti‐pact rules). Specifically, we study …
Government Weakness and Local Public Debt Development in Flemish Municipalities
Psychological taxing in Flemish municipalities
Ballot Layout Effects in the 1995 Elections of the Brussels' Government
Influence of ‘Cognitive Sophistication’ on Ballot Layout Effects
Tax Structure Turbulence in OECD Countries
A schema-theoretic approach to politicians’ definitions of tax issues
Politicians' Opinions on Tax Reform
Tax complexity and fiscal illusion
Fiscal illusion at the local level
Fertile grounds for extreme right-wing parties
Influence of ‘Cognitive Sophistication’ on Ballot Layout Effects
Explaining the formation of minimal coalitions
Recent theoretical arguments hold that the institutional setting of a political system influences coalition formation. Empirical analyses that confront these hypotheses have, however, been slow to emerge. We provide a first test of the relation between coalition formation and one element within this institutional setting: the existence of commitments not to join forces with certain ‘pariah’ parties (i.e., anti‐pact rules). Specifically, we study …
Ballot Layout Effects in the 1995 Elections of the Brussels' Government
Everyone likes a winner
Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants' policy preferences
Distinct policy options are typically characterized by a number of advantages (or ‘opportunities’) and disadvantages (or ‘threats’). The preference for one option over another depends on how individuals within an organization perceive these opportunities and threats. In this article, we argue that individuals' identification with an organization's core aims and objectives constitutes a key determinant of this perception. We propose that stronger …
Within-Party Sex Gaps in Expenditure Preferences among Flemish Local Politicians
The sex gap in politics is widely documented: women tend to support left-wing parties more than men do. Evidence of this observation was recently supplemented by the identification of a within-party sex gap: within parties, female voters and politicians tend to take more left-wing positions. While this research typically limits itself to one policy area or one political party, we provide more broad-based evidence of within-party sex gaps among Fl…
Tax Structure Turbulence in OECD Countries
Explaining the Green vote
In the debate about the electoral appeal of Green parties, some authors argue that Green voting is a phenomenon typical of the ‘new middle class’ (young, highly educated and urban), while others assume that Green parties are able to reach out to new constituencies. Aggregate level data on the electoral performance of Belgian Green parties in the period 1994–2006, analysed using a Tobit II model, indicate that entry into the elections is strongly …
Fiscal illusion at the local level
Sex differences in budgetary preferences among Flemish local politicians
Bargaining complexity and the duration of government formation
Does social capital increase political accountability? An empirical test for Flemish municipalities
Politicians' Opinions on Tax Reform
Gender Quotas as (Non-)Binding Constraints
In semi-open list systems, parties present pre-selected pools of candidates to the electorate. Candidates’ assigned ranks on the lists heavily influence their election odds and may reflect party leaders’ preferences, notably a possible gender bias. To strengthen women's representation, parties’ choices are increasingly subject to legal quotas. These quotas are expected to be less binding for left-wing parties, which tend to be more women-friendly…
Tax complexity and fiscal illusion
Psychological taxing in Flemish municipalities
Sex differences in incumbents’ turnover odds
Sex-B(i)ased List Promotion
Party leaders, acting as gatekeepers, have a direct impact on politicians’ careers. The fact that this leadership is often male has been identified as a source of discrimination against female candidates. We analyze such sex-biased party politics in formation of party lists. Recently, candidates’ list ranking in (semi-) open list systems has been shown to depend on their electoral performance) in the previous election. Using electoral data from t…
A schema-theoretic approach to politicians’ definitions of tax issues
Fiscal illusion at the local level
Tax complexity and fiscal illusion
A schema-theoretic approach to politicians’ definitions of tax issues
Politicians' Opinions on Tax Reform
Tax Structure Turbulence in OECD Countries
Psychological taxing in Flemish municipalities
Ballot Layout Effects in the 1995 Elections of the Brussels' Government
Influence of ‘Cognitive Sophistication’ on Ballot Layout Effects
Government Weakness and Local Public Debt Development in Flemish Municipalities
Everyone likes a winner
Explaining the formation of minimal coalitions
Recent theoretical arguments hold that the institutional setting of a political system influences coalition formation. Empirical analyses that confront these hypotheses have, however, been slow to emerge. We provide a first test of the relation between coalition formation and one element within this institutional setting: the existence of commitments not to join forces with certain ‘pariah’ parties (i.e., anti‐pact rules). Specifically, we study …
Fertile grounds for extreme right-wing parties
The impact of ‘central places’ on spatial spending patterns
Explaining the Green vote
In the debate about the electoral appeal of Green parties, some authors argue that Green voting is a phenomenon typical of the ‘new middle class’ (young, highly educated and urban), while others assume that Green parties are able to reach out to new constituencies. Aggregate level data on the electoral performance of Belgian Green parties in the period 1994–2006, analysed using a Tobit II model, indicate that entry into the elections is strongly …
Does social capital increase political accountability? An empirical test for Flemish municipalities
Bargaining complexity and the duration of government formation
Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants' policy preferences
Distinct policy options are typically characterized by a number of advantages (or ‘opportunities’) and disadvantages (or ‘threats’). The preference for one option over another depends on how individuals within an organization perceive these opportunities and threats. In this article, we argue that individuals' identification with an organization's core aims and objectives constitutes a key determinant of this perception. We propose that stronger …
All’s fair in taxation
Sex differences in budgetary preferences among Flemish local politicians
Gender Quotas as (Non-)Binding Constraints
In semi-open list systems, parties present pre-selected pools of candidates to the electorate. Candidates’ assigned ranks on the lists heavily influence their election odds and may reflect party leaders’ preferences, notably a possible gender bias. To strengthen women's representation, parties’ choices are increasingly subject to legal quotas. These quotas are expected to be less binding for left-wing parties, which tend to be more women-friendly…
Within-Party Sex Gaps in Expenditure Preferences among Flemish Local Politicians
The sex gap in politics is widely documented: women tend to support left-wing parties more than men do. Evidence of this observation was recently supplemented by the identification of a within-party sex gap: within parties, female voters and politicians tend to take more left-wing positions. While this research typically limits itself to one policy area or one political party, we provide more broad-based evidence of within-party sex gaps among Fl…
Sex-B(i)ased List Promotion
Party leaders, acting as gatekeepers, have a direct impact on politicians’ careers. The fact that this leadership is often male has been identified as a source of discrimination against female candidates. We analyze such sex-biased party politics in formation of party lists. Recently, candidates’ list ranking in (semi-) open list systems has been shown to depend on their electoral performance) in the previous election. Using electoral data from t…
Sex differences in incumbents’ turnover odds
Forever young
Political selection is crucial for the functioning of democracy. However, the practice—in education and sports contexts—of artificially dividing school‐age children into different age groups leads to a considerable bias in this selection. The probability of becoming a (successful) politician depends on individuals' relative age. Being born shortly after the cut‐off date significantly increases the probability that an individual will be politicall…
Socioeconomic anxieties and electoral polarization
Economics (23 works) · Political science (21 works) · Law (19 works) · Politics (18 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Public economics (13 works) · Flemish (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works)