23Table 1: Effect of coalition compromise on policy positions

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23Table 1: Effect of coalition compromise on policy positions

Estimates

Compromise position -0.176

(0.310)

Ideological divisiveness -0.068

(0.123) Ideological divisiveness x Compromise position 0.038

(0.018)*

Executive coordination -6.533

(3.771) Executive coordination x Compromise position 0.545

(0.225)*

Minority government -9.290

(8.894)

Parliamentary oversight -1.710

(4.076) Minority government x Parliamentary oversight 1.294

(8.235)

Minority government x Compromise position -4.025

(1.688)*

Parliamentary oversight x Compromise position -0.622 (0.373) Minority government x Parliamentary oversight x Compromise position 3.412

(1.182)**

Left-right public opinion 9.510

(5.188)

Net receipts from EU budget 8.300

(1.569)**

Unemployment -0.478

(0.779)

Inflation -1.790

(0.949)

Economic freedom 2.210

(2.263)

Population 0.077

(0.085)

Fixed effects Policy issues

Number of policy issues 145

Number of countries 22

N 1,694

R² 0.30

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Notes: Fixed effects regression; No observations for countries without coalition governments;

Country-clustered robust standard errors in parentheses; * p<0.05; ** p<0.01.