Irresponsible parties, responsible voters? Legislative gridlock and collective accountability.

Legislative gridlock is a failure of one of the key functions of government: to pass legislation. Can voters counter such political dysfunction? This paper examines whether and how voters hold politicians accountable for gridlock. We focus on the passage of the government budget, the central task of...

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Main Authors: Asger Lau Andersen, David Dreyer Lassen, Lasse Holbøll Westh Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229789