What happens when voting rules change? the case of New Zealand
| Autor: | J. Stephen Ferris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science Public economics media_common.quotation_subject Institutional change 05 social sciences Public policy Legislature 0506 political science Philosophy Voting 0502 economics and business Accountability 050602 political science & public administration Economics Voter turnout 050207 economics Volatility (finance) Constitutional law Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Constitutional Political Economy. 31:267-291 |
| ISSN: | 1572-9966 1043-4062 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10602-020-09312-8 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the impact of New Zealand’s 1996 adoption of a mixed member proportional (MMP) voting scheme on representation in the legislature, voter turnout, vote volatility and the likelihood of an incumbent party winning re-election. I then consider whether MMP has had any negative consequences for the effectiveness of government policy in relation to fiscal accountability and countercyclical intervention. The data used in the analysis begins from the formation of the party system in New Zealand (in 1890) and extends through the adoption of MMP to the pre-pandemic present (2017). The data set covers 42 elections: 34 before 1996 and 8 after. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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