%0 Journal Article %1 branasgarzapablo2010religious %A Branas-Garza, Pablo, %A Solano, Angel, %D 2010 %J Rationality And Society %K 2010 FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP_input2016 SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked indexproved input2016 isspbib2016 review_proved reviewed %N 3 %P 333-352 %R 10.1177/1043463110374498 %T Religious favoritism in Europe: A political competition model %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463110374498 %V 22 %X This paper explores a highly controversial issue: while most European countries are secular, the governments of these countries widely support religious institutions. The arguments put forward by the median voter seem insufficient to explain the data. We show that if political parties are allowed to take an ideological position with respect to religion, the observed deviations from the most preferred policy by the median voter could be explained.

@article{branasgarzapablo2010religious, abstract = {This paper explores a highly controversial issue: while most European countries are secular, the governments of these countries widely support religious institutions. The arguments put forward by the median voter seem insufficient to explain the data. We show that if political parties are allowed to take an ideological position with respect to religion, the observed deviations from the most preferred policy by the median voter could be explained. }, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {{Branas-Garza, Pablo} and {Solano, Angel}}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f9c17e613dace02698dc446522858b3d/gesis_dump}, doi = {10.1177/1043463110374498}, interhash = {2c6503a8a1e860a7e3154d05a11bd5fb}, intrahash = {f9c17e613dace02698dc446522858b3d}, journal = {Rationality And Society}, keywords = {2010 FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP_input2016 SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked indexproved input2016 isspbib2016 review_proved reviewed}, note = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463110374498. (ISSP)}, number = 3, pages = {333-352}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10579}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10572}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:01:05.000+0200}, title = {Religious favoritism in Europe: A political competition model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043463110374498}, volume = 22, year = 2010 }