Office effects and campaign spending in a semi-open list PR system: The Belgian/Flemish federal and regional elections 1999-2010 KU Leuven
In majoritarian systems, campaign spending is generally found to be more effective for challengers than for incumbents. This article seeks to understand how the personal campaign spending of a candidate impacts preference votes in a semi-open List PR system. We analyse the effect of office in general, postulating that the size of the effect varies with the prominence of the office. On the basis of the pooled data on six different elections in ...