Wehner, Joachim (2010) Cabinet structure and fiscal policy outcomes. European Journal of Political Research, 49 (5). pp. 631-653. ISSN 0304-4130
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Abstract
A central explanation of fiscal performance focuses on the structure of the cabinet. However, the partisan context of cabinet decisions remains under-explored, the findings are based on small samples and the variables of interest are often poorly operationalised. Using a new dataset of spending ministers and partisan fragmentation in the cabinets of 58 countries between 1975 and 1998, this study finds a strong positive association between the number of spending ministers and budget deficits and expenditures, as well as weaker evidence that these effects increase with partisan fragmentation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/1179635... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 European Consortium for Political Research |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Government |
| Identification Number: | UT ISI:000279441100003 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2010 10:22 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/28648/ |
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