Comparative Party Finance

Abstract

Historically, the comparative finance literature has tended to concentrate on regulation and reform, with a very strong emphasis on direct public funding. The papers in this panel exemplify a number of encouraging trends in the party finance literature. First, they continue the integration of political finance into the wider debate on comparative politics. Second, they adopt a systematic empirical approach to party finances as a dependent or independent variable. Third, the parties embrace public and private sources of income. Finally, while taking inspiration from the country-case literature, all papers seek to build comparative datasets.

Title	Details
Does public funding of political parties affect party systems and electoral competition? Evidence from the post-communist space	View Paper Details
Don’t judge the book by its cover: Political foundations and their role in political financing	View Paper Details
The Political Science of Proportionality and Comparative Party Finance	View Paper Details