Political Uncertainty and the Vote‐of‐Confidence Procedure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Spater (0000-0002-6649-8281, Department of Politics Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1031-1058 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lsq.12312 |
| OpenAlex | W3096208893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
I develop a model to study the effects of political uncertainty on a prime minister’s ability to use a vote‐of‐confidence procedure to determine policy outcomes. In contrast to previous studies, I model political uncertainty as an area in policy space in which the probability of the prime minister’s proposal being accepted varies continuously and find that under certain circumstances the presence of political uncertainty can increase the ability of the prime min‐ ister to extract policy rents. This novel result corresponds to an interpretation of political uncertainty as a result of an intraparty bargaining problem within the legislature and allows the model to explain certain cases that sit oddly with previous work
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Party Influence in Congress
Veto Players
Coalition Policymaking and Legislative Review
Parliamentary Floor Voting Procedures and Agenda Setting in Europe
Parliamentary Agenda Control and Legislative Outcomes in Western Europe
Buying Negative Agenda Control in the U.S. House
Legislative Institutions as a Source of Party Leaders' Influence
Gubernatorial Veto Powers and the Size of Legislative Coalitions
The Cost of Majority‐Party Bias
On the Effects of Legislative Rules
Vote of confidence procedure andGesetzgebungsnotstand
Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Process
Keeping Tabs on Partners
Making Policy Stick
Policing the Bargain
Dissolution Threats and Legislative Bargaining
The Presthus Debacle
Coalition Termination and the Strategic Timing of Parliamentary Elections
Legislative Involvement in Parliamentary Systems
Cohesion in Legislatures and the Vote of Confidence Procedure
The Vote of Confidence in Parliamentary Democracies
Cabinet Decision Rules and Political Uncertainty in Parliamentary Bargaining
Comparative Dynamics of Parliamentary Governments
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |