Can the democracy we experience when young shape how politicians vote decades later?
In our new article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social, with @matildecer.bsky.social, and @francescoscervini.bsky.social, we study this using roll-call votes in the European Parliament.
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The enduring impact of democracy on political behaviour: voting on European integration in the European Parliament
This paper explores how early-life exposure to democracy shapes the voting behaviour of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Drawing on the ‘impressionable years’ hypothesis, we analyse 30 ye...