Schmitt, Carina; Zohlnhöfer, Reimut - In: Socio-economic review 17 (2019) 4, pp. 969-992
We present new evidence on whether political parties still matter in economic policy-making. We investigate four policy instruments (changes in product market regulation (PMR), subsidies, business taxation, social spending) in 21 OECD countries between 1980 and 2015. We systematically consider...