support the chief of the executive - in Argentina and Brazil since their redemocratization in the 1980s. It investigates what … Argentina and Brazil, and typical cases of coalitional as well as single-party presidentialism respectively all allow us to show …

We found that the driving force behind policies in Brazil is the strong set of powers given to the President by the … and the Constitution itself. The electorate of Brazil holds the President accountable for economic growth, inflation and … unemployment. Because of the electoral connection, and perhaps reputational effects, presidents in Brazil have a strong incentive …