Title :

Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”Popularity Gains as an Incentive to Legislate Frantically?

Author(s) :

Boukari, Mamadou [Auteur]
Cakpo-Tozo, Daniel [Auteur]
Farvaque, Etienne [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]

Journal title :

Economics Bulletin

Pages :

1488-1507

Publisher :

Economics Bulletin

Publication date :

2019-06

ISSN :

1545-2921

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

The paper analyzes the relations between the legal and regulatory production and the gains of popularity for the President and the Prime Minister in France. Using the GMM system estimation, we show that the Executive's ...
Show more >The paper analyzes the relations between the legal and regulatory production and the gains of popularity for the President and the Prime Minister in France. Using the GMM system estimation, we show that the Executive's popularity depends on legislative activism, creating reasons to legislate frantically, but also that the Executive has strong incentives to strategically set the legislative agenda, possibly timing landmark laws during honeymoon periods. Moreover, if Prime Ministers can benefit actions taken in the last months of their term, this is not true for Presidents. Our results also confirm the traditional view, according to which incumbents are always bestowed with favorable ratings when the economic situation improves.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

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