Addressing Europe's democratic deficit: An experimental evaluation of the pan-European district proposal

被引：7

作者：

Bol, Damien ^{[1
]}

Harfst, Philipp ^{[2
]}

Blais, Andre ^{[3
]}

Golder, Sona N. ^{[4
]}

Laslier, Jean-Francois ^{[5
]}

Stephenson, Laura B. ^{[6
]}

Van der Straeten, Karine ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Kings Coll London, London WC2R 2LS, England

[2] Ernst Moritz Arndt Univ Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

[3] Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada

[4] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[5] Paris Sch Econ, Paris, France

[6] Univ Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada

[7] Toulouse Sch Econ, Toulouse, France

来源：

EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS | 2016年 / 17卷 / 04期

关键词：

Democratic deficit; electoral studies; European studies; pan-European electoral district; voting experiment; 2ND-ORDER ELECTION MODEL; ELECTORAL SUCCESS; PERSONAL VOTE; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS; HOME STATE; LEGISLATORS; CHOICE; CANDIDATES; ADVANTAGE;

D O I：

10.1177/1465116516630151

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

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 district is created, our findings provide an argument in favour of using a closed-list ballot and establishing a maximum number of candidates from each country on the lists.

引用

页码：525 / 545

页数：21