Who does better for the economy? Presidents versus parliamentary democracies

Government Turnover in Parliamentary Democracies

In this paper we consider a dynamic model of government formation and termination in parliamentary democracies that accounts for the following phenomena: (1) Cabinet terminations due to replacement or early election (2) Cabinet reshuf°es (3) Minority and Surplus governments; (4) the relative instability of minority governments. JEL classi ̄cation: D72, H19, C73.

Televised Debates in Parliamentary Democracies

Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies

Parliamentary democracy has been widely embraced by politicians and especially by the scholarly community but remains less well understood. In this essay, I identify the institutional features that define parliamentary democracy and suggest how they can be understood as delegation relationships. I propose two definitions: one minimal and one maximal (or ideal-typical). In the latter sense, parl...

Modelling Cabinet Networks in Parliamentary Democracies

Parliamentary democracies represent a common type of governance structure in numerous countries. While details vary from one country to another, the structure of a parliamentary democracy entails having cabinet ministers who each have a specific portfolio of policy interests, such as healthcare, industry, or education. A set of ministers forms a government, and such governments can change due t...

Elections and Durable Governments in Parliamentary Democracies

This paper provides a theory of a parliamentary government system with proportional representation elections and policy-motivated parties and voters. In a symmetric, spatial model governments are majoritarian, they and their policies are durable, and voters elect minority parliaments in every period. A continuum of (Markov) political equilibria exist with policies that represent concessions to ...