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View article: Dismantling labour markets from above: the case of wage policy in the European Union
Dismantling labour markets from above: the case of wage policy in the European Union Open
Are countries reforming their labour market constrained by external political or financial institutions? This article analyses the supranational pressures impacting wage policy in European member states. Theoretically, it takes inspiration…
View article: NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations Open
This article examines the main features of the Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) that member states have presented to access NextGenerationEU (NGEU) funds, and it explores the relationship between NGEU and the European Semester. Relying…
View article: Paranoid styles and innumeracy: implications of a conspiracy mindset on Europeans' misperceptions about immigrants
Paranoid styles and innumeracy: implications of a conspiracy mindset on Europeans' misperceptions about immigrants Open
Innumeracy, that is, the inability to deal with numbers and provide correct estimates about political issues, is reported to be widespread among the public. Yet, despite the recognition that a conspiracy mindset is an increasingly common p…
View article: Replication Data for: Paranoid styles and innumeracy: Implications of a conspiracy mindset on Europeans’ misperceptions about immigrants
Replication Data for: Paranoid styles and innumeracy: Implications of a conspiracy mindset on Europeans’ misperceptions about immigrants Open
Innumeracy, that is, the inability to deal with numbers and provide correct estimates about political issues, is reported to be widespread among the public. Yet, despite the recognition that a conspiracy mindset is an increasingly common p…
View article: Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes Open
Studies of demand‐side populism with a focus on attitudinal and behavioral factors are becoming more popular, but only a few have explored the phenomenon's psychological determinants. We tackle the lack of conversation between populism sch…
View article: Framing Effects on the COVID‐19 See‐Saw
Framing Effects on the COVID‐19 See‐Saw Open
This article explores people’s preferences for different containment strategies and policy programmes for managing COVID‐19 risks. Using a survey experiment administered to an online sample of 1’562 Italian respondents in April 2020, we te…
View article: Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Institutions
Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Institutions Open
While the firm-level distributional consequences of market liberalization are well understood, previous studies have paid only limited attention to how variations in domestic institutions across countries affect the winners and losers from…
View article: Replication Data for: Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Institutions
Replication Data for: Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Institutions Open
While the firm-level distributional consequences of market liberalization are well understood, previous studies have paid only limited attention to how variations in domestic institutions across countries affect the winners and losers from…
View article: Framing effects on the COVID-19 See-Saw (Data and code for replication)
Framing effects on the COVID-19 See-Saw (Data and code for replication) Open
Data and code for replication for the article “Framing effects on the COVID-19 See-Saw” (Swiss Political Science Review 2021) by Francesco Olmastroni, Mattia Guidi, Sergio Martini and Pierangelo Isernia
View article: The logic of regulatory venue shopping: A firm’s perspective
The logic of regulatory venue shopping: A firm’s perspective Open
Drawing on an original and unique survey data set of 243 medium- and big-sized firms operating in five sectors (energy, telecommunications, railways, airlines and postal services) and across 29 European countries, we analyse what incentivi…
View article: Accountability mechanisms: the case of the European banking union
Accountability mechanisms: the case of the European banking union Open
The establishment of new bodies always poses a dilemma for those who create them: how much discretion should the new bodies enjoy? This choice highlights the trade-off between autonomy (in order to take advantage of expertise and credibili…
View article: What can we expect from Italy's new government?
What can we expect from Italy's new government? Open
The new Five Star Movement/Lega government in Italy is one of the most ideologically diverse governing coalitions in the country’s history. Mattia Guidi writes that there is great uncertainty over whether the government can keep its many p…
View article: Explaining Informal Policy-Making Patterns in the Eurozone Crisis: Decentralized Bargaining and the Theory of EU Institutions
Explaining Informal Policy-Making Patterns in the Eurozone Crisis: Decentralized Bargaining and the Theory of EU Institutions Open
During the Eurozone crisis, the so-called ‘Merkozy duumvirate’ emerged as an informal, but highly visible EU policy-making pattern. This article asks why such forms of decentralized bargaining emerge and what this implies for the theory of…
View article: Why Italians should support Renzi’s constitutional reform
Why Italians should support Renzi’s constitutional reform Open
We are now in the final weeks of campaigning before Italy’s constitutional referendum on 4 December. As part of our coverage of the referendum, Mattia Guidi makes the case for why Italians should support the proposed reform. He argues that…
View article: Delegating political powers to regulatory agencies does not guarantee better policy enforcement
Delegating political powers to regulatory agencies does not guarantee better policy enforcement Open
A large number of independent regulatory agencies, which are detached from the electoral cycle, have been set up by governments to ensure sound, stable and impartial policy enforcement. But has their independence actually made a difference…
View article: The Impact of Independence on Regulatory Outcomes: the Case of EU Competition Policy
The Impact of Independence on Regulatory Outcomes: the Case of EU Competition Policy Open
Independent regulatory agencies are created in order to enhance the stability and credibility of economic regulation, and to improve policy implementation. So far, most research in political science has focused on explaining the reasons fo…
View article: Social democratic parties and antitrust policy: evidence from Western Europe (2002–13)
Social democratic parties and antitrust policy: evidence from Western Europe (2002–13) Open
This paper investigates the position of social democratic parties (SDPs) towards antitrust (competition) policy. Given their traditional state-interventionist attitude and their ties with organized labour, SDPs have long been considered as…
View article: Formal independence of regulatory agencies and<scp>V</scp>arieties of<scp>C</scp>apitalism: A case of institutional complementarity?
Formal independence of regulatory agencies and<span>V</span>arieties of<span>C</span>apitalism: A case of institutional complementarity? Open
The V arieties of C apitalism literature posits that national economic institutions reflect the mode of coordination of a country's market actors. Despite the importance of this claim and a rich literature on the emergence of regulatory ca…
View article: The Democratic Party of Matteo Renzi
The Democratic Party of Matteo Renzi Open
The rise of Matteo Renzi is one of the most significant political events of the year. This chapter analyzes Renzi's leadership of the Partito Democratico (PD), looking at both the internal politics of the party and the party's position wit…