How do incumbents manage to relax term limits when they cannot impose their preferences unilaterally? Interpreting constitutional reforms as a bargaining game between a term-limited executive and the opposition, we argue that reforms involving term limits should be more likely when (a) the incumbent party can change the constitution unilaterally or (b) the opposition is pessimistic about its future electoral prospects. Moreover, (c) this second effect should be stronger when a single opposition party has veto power over a reform, because this precludes the executive from playing a "divide-and-rule" strategy. We examine these claims with data from the Argentine provinces between 1983 and 2013. Consistent with expectations, the results show t...
This paper analyzes the dynamics of vetoes and veto overrides in the context of a multiparty legisla...
This research investigates how patterns of legislative competition (i.e. partisan fragmentation and ...
Abstract: Judicial reform presents a paradox: why would a ruling party agree to judicial reforms tha...
Abstract: How do incumbents manage to relax term limits when they cannot impose their preferences un...
How do incumbents manage to relax term limits when they cannot impose their preferences unilaterally...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
Executive term limits are pre-commitments through which the polity restricts its ability to retain a...
Executive term limits are precommitments through which the polity restricts its ability to retain a ...
An incumbent's drive for reelection can lead to political budget cycles. The distortion cycles cause...
Since the late 20th century, numerous Latin American nations have launched efforts to expand term li...
Under what conditions can subnational governments be national veto players? Many studies of federal ...
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. Fr...
The subject of this dissertation is presidential term limits in Latin America (1990 - 2010). In cont...
This paper studies the territorial scope of the bills presented by members of the Chamber of Deputie...
The ability to prevent undesired policy changes is a fundamental source of political power. In a ser...
This paper analyzes the dynamics of vetoes and veto overrides in the context of a multiparty legisla...
This research investigates how patterns of legislative competition (i.e. partisan fragmentation and ...
Abstract: Judicial reform presents a paradox: why would a ruling party agree to judicial reforms tha...
Abstract: How do incumbents manage to relax term limits when they cannot impose their preferences un...
How do incumbents manage to relax term limits when they cannot impose their preferences unilaterally...
In this article we take a longitudinal view on presidential-term-limit reforms in Latin America and ...
Executive term limits are pre-commitments through which the polity restricts its ability to retain a...
Executive term limits are precommitments through which the polity restricts its ability to retain a ...
An incumbent's drive for reelection can lead to political budget cycles. The distortion cycles cause...
Since the late 20th century, numerous Latin American nations have launched efforts to expand term li...
Under what conditions can subnational governments be national veto players? Many studies of federal ...
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. Fr...
The subject of this dissertation is presidential term limits in Latin America (1990 - 2010). In cont...
This paper studies the territorial scope of the bills presented by members of the Chamber of Deputie...
The ability to prevent undesired policy changes is a fundamental source of political power. In a ser...
This paper analyzes the dynamics of vetoes and veto overrides in the context of a multiparty legisla...
This research investigates how patterns of legislative competition (i.e. partisan fragmentation and ...
Abstract: Judicial reform presents a paradox: why would a ruling party agree to judicial reforms tha...