22 research outputs found
Presidents, Assembly Dissolution and the Electoral Performance of Prime Ministers
Many European presidents have extensive constitutional powers to affect the timing of early parliamentary elections, which enables them to influence when incumbent governments must face the electorate. This paper examines whether presidents use their assembly dissolution powers for partisan benefit. To date, presidential activism in the electoral arena of parliamentary and semi-presidential democracies remains poorly understood. We hypothesize that presidents use their powers to influence election calling for the advantage of their political allies in government. To test this argument, we use data on 190 elections in eighteen European democracies. Our results suggest that presidents with significant dissolution powers are able to shape the electoral success of incumbents. Prime ministers whose governments are allied to such presidents realize a vote and seat share bonus of around five per cent. These findings have implications for our understanding of presidential activism, strategic parliamentary dissolution and electoral accountability
Applications of artificial neural networks predicting macroinvertebrates in freshwaters
Can wedge strategies by mainstream parties cross-cut the anti-immigration far right vote?
Modelling Ecological Interrelations in Running Water Ecosystems with Artificial Neural Networks
Prediction of macroinvertebrate communities in sediments of Flemish watercourses based on artificial neural networks
Quelle est aujourd'hui en France la formation à la recherche des thésards en médecine générale?
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Investigation of the Ductility Demand in Multi-Story Buildings Subjected to Near Field Ground Motions Using Neural Network Approach
Comminuted fracture of the distal sesamoid bone and distal rupture of the deep digital flexor tendon
COMMINUTED FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL SESAMOID BONE AND DISTAL RUPTURE OF THE DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON
Gaining new insights by going local: determinants of coalition formation in mixed democratic polities
We develop a simple spatial model suggesting that Members of Parliament (MPs) strive for the inclusion of the head of state’s party in coalitions formed in mixed democratic polities, and that parliamentary parties try to assemble coalitions that minimize the ideological distance to the head of state. We identify the German local level of government as functionally equivalent to a parliamentary setting, such that the directly elected mayor has competencies similar to a president in a mixed national polity. Our findings show that the party affiliation of the head of state is a key factor considered by party members in the legislature when forming coalitions: coalitions in the legislature are more likely to form if they include the party of the head of the executive branch. Furthermore, the policy preferences of the head of the executive branch matter for the legislators’ behavior in the coalition formation process: the smaller the ideological distance between the position of a coalition and the position of the head of state, the more likely a coalition is to be formed