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Measuring Electoral Systems

Author

Summary, in English

This article compares and assesses four freely available cross-sectional time-series data sets in terms of their information on ballot structure, district structure, and formula of the electoral system in use for lower house and, if relevant, upper house and presidential elections. The authors find that the choice of data source matters for conclusions drawn on the consequences of electoral systems for both party systems and corruption, but that no source can be given prominence over the other on methodological grounds. Students of electoral systems must thus, in the future, make their results sensitive to the choice of data source.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

434-448

Publication/Series

Political Research Quarterly

Volume

63

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • electoral systems
  • data evaluation
  • party systems
  • corruption

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1938-274X