Internal Organization of Legislatures in Presidential, Semi-Presidential and Parliamentary Democracies

• In Event: Design of Electoral Institutions

Brief Overview

We propose a formal model of the internal organization of legislatures in presidential, semi-presidential, and parliamentary systems. The model provides a rich comparative framework to study the effects of constitutional structures.

Authors

• Costel Andonie, Vanderbilt University

• Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt University

• Carlo Prato, Columbia University