کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5056223 | 1371618 | 2017 | 18 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- The impact of constitutional rules on government quality is investigated.
- The empirical analysis is based on 80 democracies over the period 1996-2011.
- Electoral rules per se do not seem to matter for government quality.
- The presidential system shows a lower government performance than the parliamentary system.
- The presidential regime boosts government quality when combined with plurality rule.
The present paper investigates the role of political institutions - namely, political regimes and electoral rules - in shaping the capacity of the government to implement policies that address citizens' preferences, i.e., “good governance”. The empirical analysis, conducted on a panel of 80 democratic countries over the period 1996-2011, shows that the performance of the government depends on the interaction between electoral rules and political regimes. In particular, the performance of a government under a presidential regime improves when associated with a majoritarian electoral rule, while it worsens with a proportional electoral rule.
Journal: Economic Systems - Volume 41, Issue 1, March 2017, Pages 68-85