Zwischenwahlen in den USA sind nicht nur Stimmungsbarometer für den Erfolg einer Präsidentschaft. Die Machtverhältnisse im Kongress entscheiden über den Handlungsspielraum des Präsidenten: Ein divided government - in dem mindestens eine Kammer des Kongresses nicht von der eigenen Partei...

We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as measured by the size of government, tax structure and labor market regulation. Our dataset comprises 49 US states over the 1993-2009 period. We employ the new data onthe ideological mapping of US...

We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as measured by the size of government, tax structure and labor market regulation. Our dataset comprises 49 US states over the 1993-2009 period. We employ the new data on the ideological mapping of US...

In Switzerland, political concordance or direct popular rights and the resulting consociational democracy are often held responsible for delay or even cancellation of necessary political reforms. Switzerland is, however, not the only country with such a system, and direct democracy is just one...

Unterschiedliche parteipolitische Mehrheiten in Bundestag und Bundesrat gelten gemeinhin als Hauptursache für die Reformschwäche deutscher Politik. Simone Burkhart hinterfragt diese Annahme und kommt zu dem überraschenden Ergebnis, dass nicht das sogenannte "Divided Government" zu massiven...

Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that under divided government a US state is...

This paper looks at several developments that have taken place in domestic politics on Taiwan since the election of Chen Shui-bian as president of the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1998. After discussing the political successes and failures of the incumbent Chen administration, it analyses its...