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The Corrective Effect of Ministerial Resignations on Government Popularity

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Dowding, Keith; Dewan, Torun

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Using data from the United Kingdom, we estimate the effects of ministerial resignation on government popularity. We test a counterfactual argument that resignations should have a corrective effect, that is, there is an increase in popularity following a resignation when taking into account the negative effect on popularity of the resignation issue. We get empirical estimates by using the age of ministers involved in resignation issues as an instrument. Our IV estimates provide empirical support...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorDowding, Keith
dc.contributor.authorDewan, Torun
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:23:03Z
dc.identifier.issn0092-5853
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/20493
dc.description.abstractUsing data from the United Kingdom, we estimate the effects of ministerial resignation on government popularity. We test a counterfactual argument that resignations should have a corrective effect, that is, there is an increase in popularity following a resignation when taking into account the negative effect on popularity of the resignation issue. We get empirical estimates by using the age of ministers involved in resignation issues as an instrument. Our IV estimates provide empirical support for the corrective effect.
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceAmerican Journal of Political Science
dc.titleThe Corrective Effect of Ministerial Resignations on Government Popularity
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume49
dc.date.issued2005
local.identifier.absfor160603 - Comparative Government and Politics
local.identifier.ariespublicationU8704722xPUB12
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationDowding, Keith, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationDewan, Torun, London School of Economics - LSE
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage46
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage56
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.0092-5853.2005.00109.x
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T09:11:58Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-27744588711
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