Left-right party ideology and government policies: A meta-analysis

@article{citeulike:2892925, abstract = {Abstract. This paper summarizes how the partisan influence literature assesses the relationship between the left-right party composition of government and policy outputs through a meta-analysis of 693 parameter estimates of the party-policy relationship published in 43 empirical studies. Based on a simplified 'combined tests' meta-analytic technique, we show that the average correlation between the party composition of government and policy outputs is not significantly different from zero. A mutivariate logistic regression analysis examines how support for partisan theory is affected by a subset of mediating factors that can be applied to all the estimates under review. The analysis demonstrates that there are clearly identifiable conditions under which the probability of support for partisan theory can be substantially increased. We conclude that further research is needed on institutional and socio-economic determinants of public policy.}, author = {Imbeau, Louis M. and Petry, Francois and Lamari, Moktar }, citeulike-article-id = {2892925}, doi = {10.1111/1475-6765.00587}, journal = {European Journal of Political Research}, keywords = {comparative, meta, meta-analysis, political-economy, social-expenditure}, number = {1}, pages = {1--29}, posted-at = {2008-06-13 20:17:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Left-right party ideology and government policies: A meta-analysis}, url = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-6765.00587}, volume = {40}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2892925 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2892925 TI - Left-right party ideology and government policies: A meta-analysis JF - European Journal of Political Research VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 29 N2 - Abstract. This paper summarizes how the partisan influence literature assesses the relationship between the left-right party composition of government and policy outputs through a meta-analysis of 693 parameter estimates of the party-policy relationship published in 43 empirical studies. Based on a simplified 'combined tests' meta-analytic technique, we show that the average correlation between the party composition of government and policy outputs is not significantly different from zero. A mutivariate logistic regression analysis examines how support for partisan theory is affected by a subset of mediating factors that can be applied to all the estimates under review. The analysis demonstrates that there are clearly identifiable conditions under which the probability of support for partisan theory can be substantially increased. We conclude that further research is needed on institutional and socio-economic determinants of public policy. KW - comparative KW - meta KW - meta-analysis KW - political-economy KW - social-expenditure AU - Imbeau, Louis AU - Petry, Francois AU - Lamari, Moktar PY - 2001/// UR - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-6765.00587 ER -