Konstantinos Matakos

King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy

Lecturer (Assistant professor)

Strand Campus

London, WC2R 2LS

United Kingdom

http://https://sites.google.com/site/kostasmatakos/

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Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?

Stanford-Zurich Immigration Policy Lab Working Paper No. 17-02
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2019
Dominik Hangartner, Elias Dinas, Moritz Marbach, Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), University of Oxford, ETH Zürich - Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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Electoral Rule Disproportionality and Platform Polarization

EPSA 2013 Annual General Conference Paper 809
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 May 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2013
Konstantinos Matakos, Orestis Troumpounis and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy, Università di Padova and University of Cyprus
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proportional representation, disproportional electoral systems, polarization, policy-motivated parties, number of parties, Duvergerian predictions

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Economic Insecurity and Political Stability: A Case for Growth-Targeting Systemic Vote

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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systemic parties, political stability, unemployment, economic voting, growth

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Citizens or Clients? Evidence on Opportunistic Voting from a Natural Experiment in Greece

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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Greek elections, electoral fragmentation, government spending, machine parties, natural experiment, rent-seeking voters, clientelism, protest voting, trust.

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Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

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Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2012
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

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Electoral Rules, Strategic Entry and Polarization

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Jan 2019
Damien Bol, Konstantinos Matakos, Orestis Troumpounis and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London - Department of Political Economy, King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy, Università di Padova and University of Cyprus
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electoral systems; proportional representation; disproportionality; strategic entry; polarization; laboratory experiment

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Divide and Rule: Redistribution in a Model with Differentiated Candidates

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2016
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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redistributive politics, inequality, taxation, differentiated candidates, within-group homogeneity, identity.

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Electoral Institutions and Intraparty Cohesion

VATT Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 109
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Aug 2018
Konstantinos Matakos, Riikka Savolainen, Orestis Troumpounis, Janne Tukiainen and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy, King's College London, Università di Padova, VATT Institute for Economic Research and University of Cyprus
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electoral systems, ideological heterogeneity, party cohesion, policymotivated parties, proportional representation, regression discontinuity design

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When Extremes Meet: Redistribution in a Multiparty Model with Differentiated Parties

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Aug 2015
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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redistributive politics, taxation, differentiated candidates, policy motives, social polarization, multi-party elections

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Strategic Electoral Rule Choice Under Uncertainty

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Dec 2014
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral rules, disproportionality, seat premium, single-party government, uncertainty, strategic coordination

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Exploiting the Bare Necessities: Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

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Electoral Spillovers in an Intertwined World: Brexit Effects on the 2016 Spanish Vote

University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics No. 03-2018
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Mar 2018
Agelos Delis, Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
Aston University - Aston Business School, King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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Brexit, Spanish Elections, Electoral Spillovers, Natural Experiment, Uncertainty, Anti-Systemic Parties

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'Dragon Boating' Alone? Community Ties and Systemic Income Shocks

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
Konstantinos Matakos, Dimitrios Minos, Ari Perdana and Elizabeth Radin
King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy, King's College London, DPE, Asian Development Bank and Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
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Social Capital, Household Welfare, Economic Crisis, Participatory Development, Indonesia

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'Take Back Control?' The Effects of Supranational Integration on Party-System Polarization

Konstantinidis, Nikitas, Konstantinos Matakos, and Hande Mutlu-Eren. 'Take Back Control?' The Effects of Supranational Integration on Party-System Polarization. Review of International Organizations, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Nikitas Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Matakos and Hande Mutlu-Eren
IE University, School of International Relations, King's College London, Dept. of Political Economy and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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party-system polarization, extremism, output legitimacy, input legitimacy, European integration, economic globalization, supranational policy constraints, synthetic control method