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Title	Replication data for: A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies

Identifier	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CVJPAN

Creator	King, Gary Alt, James E. Burns, Nancy and Laver, Michael

Publisher	Harvard Dataverse

Description	The literature on cabinet duration is split between two apparently irreconcilable positions. The attributes theorists seek to explain cabinet duration as a fixed function of measured explanatory variables, while the events process theorists model cabinet durations as a product of purely stochastic processes. In this paper we build a unified statistical model that combines the insights of these previously distinct approaches. We also generalize this unified model, and all previous models, by including (1) a stochastic component that takes into account the censoring that occurs as a result of governments lasting to the vicinity of the maximum constitutional interelection period, (2) a systematic component that precludes the possibility of negative duration predictions, and (3) a much more objective and parsimonious list of explanatory variables, the explanatory power of which would not be improved by including a list of indicator variables for individual countries. See also: Event Counts and Durations

Subject	Social Sciences

Date	2006

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