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Replication data for: Anchoring the experts: Using vignettes to compare party ideology across countries

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Title Replication data for: Anchoring the experts: Using vignettes to compare party ideology across countries
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27749
 
Creator Bakker, Ryan
Edwards, Erica
Jolly, Seth
Polk, Jonathan
Rovny, Jan
Steenbergen, Marco
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Expert surveys are a valuable, commonly used instrument to measure party positions. Some critics question the cross- national comparability of these measures, though, suggesting that experts may lack a common anchor for fundamental concepts such as economic left–right. Using anchoring vignettes in the 2010 Chapel Hill Expert Survey, we examine the extent of cross-national difference in expert ideological placements. We find limited evidence of cross-national differences; on the whole, our findings further establish expert surveys as a rigorous instrument for measuring party positions in a cross-national context.