Cazals, Antoine; Sauquet, Alexandre - In: Public Choice 162 (2015) 3, pp. 263-285
commitments? Based on the political cycles theory, we argue that leaders have incentives to delay costly ratification of … pre-electoral period. These hypotheses are assessed empirically by studying the ratification process of 41 global …—a significant challenge in political cycles studies. Our investigation reveals the existence of political ratification cycles that …