Are Parliamentary Systems Better?
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The institutional differences between presidential and parliamentary rule are well known, yet the practical effects of these divergent constitutional arrangements within democratic polities have received scant attention. This paper employs a global dataset to test the relationship between a historical measure of parliamentary rule and fourteen indicators ranging across three policy areas: political development, economic development, and human development. We find a strong relationship between parliamentarism and good governance, particularly in the latter two policy areas. To the extent that these institutions influence the quality of governance, parliamentary systems may offer advantages over presidential systems of democratic rule. John Gerring Boston University Department of Political Science 232 Bay State Road Boston MA 02215 617-353-2756 [email protected] Strom C. Thacker Boston University Department of International Relations 152 Bay State Road Boston MA 02215 617-353-7160 [email protected] Carola Moreno Boston University Department of Economics 270 Bay State Road Boston MA 02215 [email protected]
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