The Role of Prime Ministers on Government Survival

• In Event: Government and Opposition Dynamics in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes

Brief Overview

We develop a theory to evaluate if the role played by a prime-minister in previous governments affects the likelihood of government survival. We test our argument using data on prime-ministers’ profiles from 20 European countries over 70 years.

Authors

• Thiago Nascimento da Silva, The Australian National University

• Thomas E. Koenig, University of Mannheim

• Katsunori Seki, University of Tsukuba

• Galina Zudenkova, University of Mannheim