Time Horizons Matter: Coalition Governments, Replacement Risk and the Size of Government in 96 Countries, 1975-2000

Time horizons matter: the hazard rate of coalition governments and the size of government

Economics of Governance ◽

10.1007/s10101-011-0096-0 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 201-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sergio Bejar ◽

Bumba Mukherjee ◽

Will H. Moore

Keyword(s):

Hazard Rate ◽

Size Of Government ◽

Coalition Governments ◽

Time Horizons

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Big Cabinets, Big Governments? Grand Coalitions and Public Policy in the German Laender

Journal of Public Policy ◽

10.1017/s0143814x09990092 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 327-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Aline Schniewind ◽

Markus Freitag ◽

Adrian Vatter

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Government Spending ◽

National Level ◽

Partisan Politics ◽

Size Of Government ◽

Internal Security ◽

Social Democrats ◽

The Public ◽

Policy Performance ◽

Coalition Governments

AbstractThe inauguration of Germany's grand coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) raises questions about the public policy performance of a coalition of ideological opposite. This paper turns attention to influence of coalition governments on the size of government in the German Laender from 1992 to 2005. We investigate whether grand coalitions at the sub-national level in Germany systematically affect government spending for education (including cultural affairs) and internal security. The article argues that the effects of grand coalitions on the size of the public sector are moderated by partisan politics but sometimes in unexpected ways. For example, government spending in the field of education is reduced when leftist parties are powerful in the Laender.

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The fiscal benefits of repeated cooperation: coalitions and debt dynamics in 36 democracies

Journal of Public Policy ◽

10.1017/s0143814x16000040 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 143-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David Weisstanner

Keyword(s):

Economic Reforms ◽

Debt Accumulation ◽

Coalition Governments ◽

Specific Policy ◽

The Past ◽

Time Horizons ◽

Policy Goals ◽

Debt Dynamics ◽

Long Time ◽

Short Time

AbstractDo coalition governments really suffer from short time horizons in fiscal policymaking, as posited by standard political-economy models? This article focusses on coalitions that have created high levels of familiarity through shared governing experiences in the past and that are likely to cooperate again in future governing coalitions. I argue that such coalitions have incentives to internalise the future costs of debt accumulation and reach credible agreements to balance their constituencies’ fiscal preferences. Moreover, sustaining broad coalitions should have electoral advantages to implementing controversial economic reforms, thus resulting in lower debt increases compared not only with less durable coalitions but also with single-party governments. Comparing 36 economically advanced democracies between (up to) 1962 and 2013, I estimate the effects of coalitions’ cooperation prospects on the dynamics of public debt. The findings indicate that long time horizons can help coalitions to overcome intertemporal coordination problems and to reach specific policy goals.

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Before I Die

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000190 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 151-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Qiao Chu ◽

Daniel Grühn ◽

Ashley M. Holland

Keyword(s):

End Of Life ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

Time Horizon ◽

Development Theory ◽

Life Stages ◽

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory ◽

Socioemotional Selectivity ◽

Time Horizons

Abstract. We investigated the effects of time horizon and age on the socioemotional motives underlying individual’s bucket-list goals. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three time-horizon conditions to make a bucket list: (1) an open-ended time horizon (Study 1 & 2), (2) a 6-month horizon (i.e., “Imagine you have 6 months to live”; Study 1 & 2), and (3) a 1-week horizon (Study 2). Goal motives were coded based on socioemotional selectivity theory and psychosocial development theory. Results indicated that time horizon and age produced unique effects on bucket-list goal motives. Extending past findings on people’s motives considering the end of life, the findings suggest that different time horizons and life stages trigger different motives.

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