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Politik beitragen können. Nomothetische Theorien, die unter Wissenschaftlern oft als höchstes Ziel der Forschung gelten und … Ereignisse sind für die Politik in der Regel nicht interessant; Vorhersagen sind in den Sozialwissenschaften kaum möglich; und …
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This paper reconsiders Persson and Tabellini’s (2003,2004) analysis of the causal effect of constitution type on government size, it addresses the concerns of Acemoglu( 2005) and makes some further refinements to argue that there is a qualitatively large, and statistically significant...
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Beyond its immediate impact on public health and the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has put democracy under stress. While a common view is that people should blame the government rather than the political system for bad crisis management, an opposing view is that dissatisfaction with government...
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We present a theory to explain government procrastination as a consequence of its present-bias resulting from the political uncertainty in a two-party political system. We show that under a two-party political system the party in office tends to be present-biased. This may lead to inefficient...
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This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate whether African democracies enjoy relatively better government quality compared to their counterparts with more autocratic inclinations. The empirical evidence is based on...
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Nach der Bundestagswahl 2021 kam es in Deutschland zum ersten Mal seit den 1950er-Jahren zu einer Drei-Parteien-Koalition. Was bedeutet das für die politische Repräsentation der Wähler*innen? Und wie wurden die Wahlversprechen in das Regierungsprogramm übersetzt? Die Autor*innen gehen diesen...
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Analyses of the shape and functioning of systems of political rule need to address informal institutions, which exist alongside and can relate to formal institutions in various ways. In this paper, I first discuss some analytical foundations of the study of such institutions. I then suggest that...
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Regierung eingegangene Verpflichtungen haftbar gemacht wurde, und sehen in dieser Haftungsverpflichtung die Grundsteinlegung für … Widersprüche repräsentativer Demokratie, öffentlicher Schulden und modernen Bankwesens im frühmodernen England dar, die mit … Wohlergehen und Demokratie in einer Gesellschaft nicht vereinbar waren. Das Papier untersucht darüber hinaus, wie die Widersprüche …
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Japan's ruling party is a prime example of a dominant party. While dominant parties in other democracies around the world have lost their grip on power or have even disappeared altogether, the LDP is still going strong. What explains the success of the party? How did the LDP acquire its dominant...
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