Partisan Influences in Dutch Politics

XMaite D Laméris and Tobias Grohmann

CESifo Economic Studies, 2024, vol. 70, issue 2, 154-192

Abstract: We investigate whether and how partisan politics played a role in the Netherlands. To do so, we review existing literature and prepare descriptive statistics from recent datasets. We focus on two related questions: (i) Are there effects of partisan politics in the Netherlands in the past 60 years? (ii) Do developments in party and voter behavior influence the relevance of partisan influences for Dutch governance? As we find that there is only limited existing research on partisan politics in the Dutch context, we empirically explore the relationship between government ideology and typical, country-level partisan outcome variables. We find mixed evidence for partisan policymaking in the Netherlands. Some findings are in line with partisan theory, some are counter-indicative. Exploring the role of party and voter movements, we document a shifting political landscape in which the potential for traditional partisan influences has become smaller.

Keywords: partisan politics; dimensionality; party positions; political cleavages; Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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