Do expert surveys produce consistent estimates of party stances on European integration? Comparing expert surveys in the difficult case of Central and Eastern Europe

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-61

  Whitefield, Stephen ^a   Vachudova, Milada Anna ^b   Steenbergen, Marco R ^b   Rohrschneider, Robert ^c   Marks, Gary ^b,d   Loveless, Matthew P ^c   Hooghe, Liesbet ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Cross validation; European integration; Expert data; Survey

Indexed keywords

PARTY POLITICS; SURVEY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846829965     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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