TABLE 3

FROM:

From 'Permissive Consensus' to 'Constraining Dissensus': A Polarizing Union?

Ian Down and Carole J Wilson

Table 3. Analysis of the kurtosis of support for EU membership

Country	Year	Maastricht	Maastricht Year	Constant	91–92 Difference	Post-92 Slope	N
Austriaa	0.037*			-2.292*			9
	(0.016)			(0.462)
Belgium	0.024	-0.425	-0.045	0.786*	-1.391*	-0.021	30
	(0.025)	(1.612)	(0.063)	(0.336)
Denmark	0.022*	0.499	-0.018	-1.726*	0.126	0.004	30
	(0.009)	(0.579)	(0.023)	(0.121)
Finlanda	0.002			-1.325*			10
	(0.014)			(0.393)
France	0.041	0.211	-0.079	0.078	-1.480*	-0.038	30
	(0.025)	(1.581)	(0.062)	(0.330)
Germany-Easta	-0.585*			15.946*			13
	(0.218)			(5.725)
Germany-West	-0.003	-0.328	-0.021	0.373	-0.796*	-0.024	30
	(0.020)	(1.257)	(0.049)	(0.262)
Great Britain	0.038*	0.725	-0.046*	-1.887*	-0.250*	-0.008	30
	(0.008)	(0.518)	(0.020)	(0.108)
Greece	0.419*	10.706*	-0.559*	-6.423*	-1.169*	-0.140	23
	(0.072)	(2.515)	(0.110)	(1.147)
Ireland	0.175*	-1.749	0.131	-2.371*	1.303	0.305*	30
	(0.047)	(2.952)	(0.116)	(0.615)
Italy	0.042	2.541	-0.178	2.549*	-1.340	-0.137	30
	(0.048)	(3.019)	(0.119)	(0.629)
Luxembourg	0.087	-3.201	0.050	2.443*	-2.018*	0.137	30
	(0.053)	(3.368)	(0.132)	(0.702)
Netherlands	0.304*	15.439*	-0.789*	0.902	-1.615*	-0.485*	30
	(0.049)	(3.122)	(0.123)	(0.651)
N. Ireland	0.088*	2.560*	-0.108*	-2.275*	0.276	-0.019	28
	(0.016)	(0.865)	(0.035)	(0.222)
Portugal	0.413*	4.784	-0.374*	-5.674*	-3.034*	0.039	18
	(0.152)	(3.462)	(0.171)	(2.760)
Spain	0.227*	-1.910	-0.070	-2.408	-3.224*	0.157*	18
	(0.120)	(2.721)	(0.134)	(2.169)
Swedena	-0.005			-1.403*			9
	(0.014)			(0.392)
EU	0.091*	2.246	-0.147*	1.778*	-0.895*	-0.056	30
	(0.021)	(1.354)	(0.053)	(0.282)

^a Post-Maastricht analysis only.

  ^* P<0.10 two-tailed t-test (in bold).