Party and Leader Effects in Parliamentary Elections
Towards a Reassessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6352889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego Garzia (0000-0001-8767-4099) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 175-185 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2012.01443.x |
| OpenAlex | W1562040073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 23 |
Social-psychological models of voting behaviour systematically downsize the relevance of party leader evaluations by conceiving them as mere consequences of causally prior partisan attachments. However, the validity of this interpretation depends heavily on the effectively exogenous status of party identification. Empirical research shows that the assumed exogeneity of partisanship is, at best, doubtful. In such a context, single-equation models of voting are likely to provide seriously biased estimates. By employing the proper econometric procedures (instrumental variable estimation) and the most appropriate data sources to address causality issues (panel data) this study provides strong support in favour of the personalisation hypothesis
Causality (physics · Context (archaeology · Econometrics · Economics · Endogeneity · Estimation · Identification (biology · Instrumental variable · Interpretation (philosophy · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Relevance (law · Statistics · Survey data collection · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Media Influence and Politics · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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The emotional consequences of negative personalist framing in the 2023 Spanish general election
Party transformation, leadership change and closeness to parties
Leaders as cognitive shortcuts
Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States
Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics
Mediated Leader Effects
Personalization of Politics Between Television and the Internet
Beyond the Ballot
The effect of voters’ economic perception, Brexit and campaigns on the evaluation of party leaders over time
Making and Breaking Party Leaders? An Informational Theory of Temporary and Lasting Impacts of Prime Minister Debates in Spain
The Decline of the Party and the Rise of Party Leaders? The Personalisation of Voting Behaviour in the Czech Republic
Trick of the traits
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Assessing the Impact of Age, Cohort and Period Effects on Partisanship and Support for Mainstream Parties
The sources of mass partisanship in newer democracies
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Losers' Second Chances and Control of the Party Machine
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Personalization of parliamentary behaviour
Centralized or decentralized personalization? Measuring intra-party competition in open and flexible list PR systems
Personalization at different levels
It’s not only about the leader
Mistake overturned, so I call it a lesson learned
Leader Change, Time in Office and the Determinants of Voter Perceptions
Electoral infidelity
Closing the information gap in competitive authoritarian regimes? The effect of voting advice applications
The (ir)rationality of mediated leader effects
The effect of televised candidate debates on the support for political parties
Personalized politics
Is there cross-national evidence that voters prefer men as party leaders? No
Leaders' Personalities and the Outcomes of Democratic Elections
The Principles of Representative Government
The European Voter
The Personalization of Politics
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Political Parties and Electoral Change
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Labour's last chance? The 1992 election and beyond
Changing Parties, Changing Partisans
Instrumental Variables Estimation in Political Science
Partisanship and the vote in Australia
The Impact of Party Leaders
Gender, Party Leaders, and Election Outcomes in Australia, Britain, and the United States
A Simultaneous Equation Model of Canadian Voting Behaviour
Party Identification
Economics, Party, and the Vote
Big expectations, small outcomes
Reciprocal Effects of Policy Preferences, Party Loyalties and the Vote
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,83 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |