Addressing the European Union’s democratic deficit: An experimental evaluation of the pan-European district’s proposal
Damien Bol
(1)
,
Philipp Harfst
(2)
,
André Blais
(1)
,
Sona N. Golder
(3)
,
Jean-François Laslier
(4, 5)
,
Laura B. Stephenson
(6)
,
Karine van Der Straeten
(7, 8)
1
UdeM -
Université de Montréal
2 King‘s College London
3 Penn State - Pennsylvania State University
4 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
5 PSE - Paris School of Economics
6 UWO - University of Western Ontario
7 Institute advanced for advanced studies in Toulouse
8 TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics
2 King‘s College London
3 Penn State - Pennsylvania State University
4 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
5 PSE - Paris School of Economics
6 UWO - University of Western Ontario
7 Institute advanced for advanced studies in Toulouse
8 TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics
Jean-François Laslier
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Karine van Der Straeten
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Résumé
Many academics and commentators argue that Europe is suffering from a democratic deficit. An interesting proposal that has been put forward to address this problem is to elect some members of the European parliament in a pan-European district. In this article, we evaluate this proposal using an online experiment, in which thousands of Europeans voted on a pan-European ballot we created. We find that the voting behaviour of European citizens would be strongly affected by the presence or absence of candidates from their own country on the lists. If a pan-European
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Addressing the European Union’s democratic deficit: An experimental evaluation of the pan-European district’s proposal
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Résumé |
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Many academics and commentators argue that Europe is suffering from a democratic deficit. An interesting proposal that has been put forward to address this problem is to elect some members of the European parliament in a pan-European district. In this article, we evaluate this proposal using an online experiment, in which thousands of Europeans voted on a pan-European ballot we created. We find that the voting behaviour of European citizens would be strongly affected by the presence or absence of candidates from their own country on the lists. If a pan-European
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Auteur(s) |
Damien Bol
1
, Philipp Harfst
2
, André Blais
1
, Sona N. Golder
3
, Jean-François Laslier
4, 5
, Laura B. Stephenson
6
, Karine van Der Straeten
7, 8
1
UdeM -
Université de Montréal
( 302452 )
- 2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4
- Canada
2
King‘s College London
( 327716 )
- Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS
- Royaume-Uni
3
Penn State -
Pennsylvania State University
( 452398 )
- 201 Old Main, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
- États-Unis
4
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
6
UWO -
University of Western Ontario
( 318728 )
- 1151 Richmond St, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada
- Canada
7
Institute advanced for advanced studies in Toulouse
( 455709 )
- France
8
TSE-R -
Toulouse School of Economics
( 93477 )
- Manufacture de Tabacs, 21 allées de Brienne 31000 Toulouse
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
|
Date de publication |
2016-10
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Volume |
17
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Numéro |
4
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Page/Identifiant |
525-545
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Domaine(s) |
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
en
European Union
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DOI | 10.1177/1465116516630151 |
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