Publications
Has the electoral college grown more disproportional? An analysis of election results, 1876-2020 KU Leuven
Short Take: Do Postal Stamps (Still) Lead to a Higher Response Rate? An Empirical Test in Belgium KU Leuven
Support for Progressive Taxation: Self-Interest (Rightly Understood), Ideology, and Political Sophistication KU Leuven
Progressive tax rates are one of the main instruments for redistribution within advanced liberal democracies. In this study, we investigate public support for this policy. In our analysis of a novel question included in the Belgian Electoral Study (2019) we show that left-wing citizens are strongly in favour of this system. Importantly, high levels of political sophistication strengthen the association between ideology and preferences for ...
A Tale of Two Regions: An Analysis of Two Decades of Belgian Public Opinion KU Leuven
It has been assumed that a trend toward devolution within a federal country would be associated with a growing apart of public opinion, and the federal kingdom of Belgium is routinely cited as an obvious example in this regard. Since the publication of the seminal Billiet et al. article, more competences have been devolved toward the autonomous regions, and in this research note we update the expectation that this has led to a further growing ...