A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform

1. Introduction: Long-Run Consequences of Electoral Rules Change: Comparing Italy and Japan
Daniela Giannetti, Bernard Grofman

2. Party Competition Under New Electoral Rules in Italy and Japan, 1994–2009
Aldo Virgilio, Junko Kato

3. The Changing Bases of Party Support in Italy and Japan: Similarities and Differences
Daniela Giannetti, Naoko Taniguchi

4. Nominating Candidates Under New Rules in Italy and Japan: You Cannot Bargain with Resources You Do Not Have
Aldo Virgilio, Steven R. Reed

5. Electoral Reform and Factional Politics in Italy and Japan
Daniela Giannetti, Michael F. Thies

6. Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?
Ethan Scheiner, Filippo Tronconi

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Science, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Economic Theory