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The Duration of Cabinet Formation Processes in Western Multi-Party Democracies

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  • DIERMEIER, DANIEL
  • VAN ROOZENDAAL, PETER

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Strategic models of coalition bargaining formation have demonstrated the importance of institutional features for an understanding of cabinet formation in West European democracies. Yet little is know about the empirical regularities of government formation processes. In this article we analyse the duration of formation processes using a semi-parametric estimation procedure on a dataset of 304 government formations in thirteen multi-party democracies. The results are consistent with a bargaining approach under incomplete information.

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  • Diermeier, Daniel & Van Roozendaal, Peter, 1998. "The Duration of Cabinet Formation Processes in Western Multi-Party Democracies," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(4), pages 609-626, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:28:y:1998:i:04:p:609-626_00
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