The Effects of Constitutions on Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies
Daniel Diermeier, Hulya Eraslan, Antonio Merlo
In this article we present an overview of our recent research on the effects of constitutions on coalition governments in parliamentary democracies. Our approach is based on the solution and...
Bicameralism and Government Formation, Second Version
Daniel Diermeier, Hulya Eraslan, Antonio Merlo
In this paper we present a structural approach to the study of government formation in multi-party parliamentary democracies. The approach is based on the estimation of a stochastic bargaining model...
A Structural Model of Government Formation
Daniel Diermeier, Hulya Eraslan, Antonio Merlo
In this paper we estimate a bargaining model of government formation in parliamentary democracies. We use the estimated structural model to conduct constitutional experiments aimed at evaluating the...
The Dynamics of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Hulya Eraslan, Wenli Li, Pierre-Daniel Sarte
The “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005†makes extensive changes to U.S. consumer bankruptcy regulations. One of its most important features is to prohibit...