French Politics Group Detailed Schedule

APSA Washington D.C. 2010
To download papers go to http://www.apsanet.org/

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Marriott Salon 3

Panel 2 Theme Panel: First and Second Order Elections in New French Electoral Cycle: Hard Times for Whom?
Chair: Bernard N. Grofman

Explaining the onset of cohabitation
Robert Elgie, Dublin City University
Iain McMenamin, Dublin City University

Executive and legislative electoral linkage: The results of the legislative elections before and after the reform
Bernard Dolez, CERAPS
Annie Laurent, CERAPS

The national economic vote trumps the local? French regional election results
Christine Fauvelle-Aymar, University of Tours
Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa

First and second order elections for a challenger: the case of the Front national
Joel Gombin, Université de Picardie-Jules Verne

Discussant: Jocelyn Evans, University of Salford

12:15–1:15 p.m.
Marriott Balcony D

Business Meeting

10:00–11:30 p.m.
Marriott Virginia A

***RECEPTION***
Co Sponsored by the French Embassy

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Marriott Wilson C

Electoral Forecasting in France
Chair: Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Forecasting turnout at European elections: the French case in comparative perspective
Jocelyn Evans, University of Salford
Gilles Ivaldi, Université de Nice, Sophia Antipolis

Forecasting the 2010 French regional elections
Bruno Jérôme, University of Paris II Pantheon Assas
Veronique Jerome, University of Paris I-Sud Orsay

A public policy mood approach to electoral forecasting: A test on French national elections
Vincent Tiberj, Sciences Po

Forecasting how votes will translate into seats in the French 2012 legislative elections
University of London, Queen Mary

Discussant:  Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa

 

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