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Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More Than Others
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Standard political economy models of redistribution, notably that of Meltzer and Richard (1981), fail to account for the remarkable variance in government redistribution across democracies. We develop a general model of redistribution that explains why some democratic governments are more prone to redistribute than others. We show that the electoral system plays a key role because it shapes the nature of political parties and the composition of governing coalitions, hence redistribution. Our argument implies (1) that center-left governments dominate under PR systems, whereas center-right governments dominate under majoritarian systems; and (2) that PR systems redistribute more than majoritarian systems. We test our argument on panel data for redistribution, government partisanship, and electoral system in advanced democracies.
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- Authors
- IVERSEN, T., & SOSKICE, D.
- Venue
- American Political Science Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2006-05
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 165-181
- ISSN
- 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5943
- OpenAlex
- W2163592528
- Cited by
- 1,175
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 245.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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