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1. Government Responsiveness in Words and Action: Policy Promises and Public Expenditure in a Comparative Perspective.

Author

Hobolt, Sara Binzer and Klemmensen, Robert

Subjects
*PUBLIC spending, *PUBLIC finance, *FISCAL policy, *GOVERNMENT purchasing, *GOVERNMENT spending policy
Abstract

We expect governments in democratic systems to respond to the issue preferences of citizens. Yet, we have a limited understanding of the factors that cause levels of responsiveness to vary over time and between countries. In this paper, we suggest that political contestation is the primary mechanism driving policy responsiveness and that this, in turn, is mediated by political institutions and government popularity. To test this proposition, we analyze the responsiveness of executive policy promises (speeches) and policy actions (public expenditure) in Britain, Denmark and the USA in the period 1970-2005. These time series analyses show that higher levels of political contestation are associated with more responsive executives. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006

2. Government Responsiveness and Political Competition in Comparative Perspective.

Author

Hobolt, Sara Binzer and Klemmensen, Robert

Subjects
*REPRESENTATIVE government, *PUBLIC opinion, *COMPARATIVE government, DANISH politics & government, 1972-, BRITISH politics & government, 1945-, UNITED States politics & government, 1945-1989, UNITED States politics & government, 1989-
Abstract

Governments in democratic systems are expected to respond to the issue preferences of citizens. Yet we have a limited understanding of the factors that cause levels of responsiveness to vary across time and between countries. In this article, the authors suggest that political contestation is the primary mechanism driving policy responsiveness and that this, in turn, is mediated by political institutions and government popularity. To test this proposition, the authors analyze the responsiveness of executive policy promises (speeches) and policy actions (public expenditure) in Britain, Denmark, and the United States in the period from 1970 to 2005. These time-series analyses show that higher levels of political contestation are associated with more responsive executives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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