Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00012803472023-02-02Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet sizeRodon, ToniVall-Prat, Paucabinet sizerecessionfragmentationpolarizationregional cabinetsThis article aims at studying the effect of the state of the economy and the characteristics of the party supply in Parliament on regional cabinet size. We complement previous literature on the characteristics of governments and analyse whether the magnitude of the cabinet varies as a function of the state of the economy, the number of opposition parties and the level of party polarization for the opposition parties. Results show that better economic conditions and a larger number of opposition political parties in parliament are associated with a larger number of portfolios. Ideological polarization of the parties in the legislature does not seem to have an influence when designing the cabinet structure. Findings also show that the effect of the economic conditions is not equal for all cabinets: cabinets with less political constraints (majority status or fewer opposition parties) will be more sensitive to economic vicissitudes. This article, therefore, highlights how the parliamentary scenario and the economic context significantly influence the decisions on how to form or reshuffle a cabinet.2018text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6536826(Revista) ISSN 1886-2632Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals, ISSN 1886-2632, Nº. 27, 2018, pags. 80-116engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI

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Revista d'estudis autonòmics i federals, ISSN 1886-2632, Nº. 27, 2018, pags. 80-116

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cabinet size
recession
fragmentation
polarization
regional cabinets

cabinet size
recession
fragmentation
polarization
regional cabinets
Rodon, Toni
Vall-Prat, Pau
Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

This article aims at studying the effect of the state of the economy and the characteristics of the party supply in Parliament on regional cabinet size. We complement previous literature on the characteristics of governments and analyse whether the magnitude of the cabinet varies as a function of the state of the economy, the number of opposition parties and the level of party polarization for the opposition parties. Results show that better economic conditions and a larger number of opposition political parties in parliament are associated with a larger number of portfolios. Ideological polarization of the parties in the legislature does not seem to have an influence when designing the cabinet structure. Findings also show that the effect of the economic conditions is not equal for all cabinets: cabinets with less political constraints (majority status or fewer opposition parties) will be more sensitive to economic vicissitudes. This article, therefore, highlights how the parliamentary scenario and the economic context significantly influence the decisions on how to form or reshuffle a cabinet.

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Rodon, Toni
Vall-Prat, Pau

Rodon, Toni
Vall-Prat, Pau

Rodon, Toni

Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

Designing a regional cabinet: How the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

designing a regional cabinet: how the economic context, political fragmentation and polarization shape cabinet size

2018

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6536826

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