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Electoral Rules and Partisan Control of Government: A Replication Study
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4612917
Author(s) Höhmann, Daniel; Tober, Tobias
Author(s) at UniBasel Höhmann, Daniel
Year 2018
Title Electoral Rules and Partisan Control of Government: A Replication Study
Journal The journal of politics
Volume 80
Number 1
Pages / Article-Number 342-347
Abstract Does the electoral system affect government partisanship? Iversen and Soskice answer this question in the affirmative. These authors argue that center-right governments dominate in majoritarian systems, whereas proportional representation systems see more center-left governments. They explain this difference by the strategic voting behavior of the middle class under alternative electoral rules. In this study, we test the robustness of their empirical results to alternative measures of the main variables as well as to a completed version of the original data set. Our replication does not corroborate Iversen and Soskice’s empirical findings. First, we cannot substantiate the notion that center-right governments emerge more frequently in majoritarian systems. Second, a time-series cross-section analysis does not support the hypothesis that the electoral system is a significant determinant of partisan control of government.
Publisher University of Chicago Press
ISSN/ISBN 0022-3816 ; 1468-2508
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/80821/
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1086/694653
ISI-Number WOS:000419487800043
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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