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Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote : reflections on an embedded institution
Bowler, Shaun (ed.); Grofman, Bernard (contributor) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001472299
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Do departures from democratic accountability compromise the stability of public finances? : keynesianism, central banking, and minority governments in the Canadian system of party government ; 1867 - 2009
Ferris, J. Stephen; Winer, Stanley L.; Grofman, Bernard - In: Constitutional political economy 23 (2012) 3, pp. 213-243
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009704578
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The Duverger-Demsetz perspective on electoral competitiveness and fragmentation : with application to the Canadian parliamentary system, 1867-2011
Ferris, J. Stephen; Winer, Stanley L.; Grofman, Bernard - 2016
We combine Duverger's Law (1954) with Demsetz's (1968) theory of natural monopoly to provide a novel perspective on electoral competitiveness in a single member district, plurality rule system. In the framework we develop, competitiveness depends on the contestability of elections, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428344
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The Duverger-Demsetz Perspective on Electoral Competitiveness and Fragmentation : With Application to the Canadian Parliamentary System, 1867-2011
Ferris, J. Stephen - 2016
We combine Duverger's Law (1954) with Demsetz's (1968) theory of natural monopoly to provide a novel perspective on electoral competitiveness in a single member district, plurality rule system. In the framework we develop, competitiveness depends on the contestability of elections, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996807