tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448927642739850334.post3258636445450884863..comments2023-10-29T08:06:00.610+00:00Comments on The Political Economist: When comedy turns into tragedyVuk Vukovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878567452492217960noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448927642739850334.post-56867361942603510742013-03-05T18:59:56.558+00:002013-03-05T18:59:56.558+00:00That is true, but what happens if you constantly r...That is true, but what happens if you constantly reach political deadlocks? The European Parliamentary system can sometimes be very inefficient. <br />Btw, have a look at this <a href="http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~groland/pubs/QJPS.pdf" rel="nofollow">Persson, Roland and Tabelini paper</a> on Electoral rules and government spending in parliamentary democracies. They conclude of higher levels of government spending in democracies with proportional representation (the European voting system with lots of coalitions) than in a majoritarian system. The reason is simply that when you have coalitions than the stronger party must abide to satisfying the interests of other coalition parties, thereby necessarily increasing government spending towards those particular groups. This in effect could trigger higher misappropriation of budget funds as well. Vuk Vukovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878567452492217960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448927642739850334.post-63600615927979702252013-03-05T12:47:33.086+00:002013-03-05T12:47:33.086+00:00I thought that this was one of the best features o...I thought that this was one of the best features of the parliamentary system. Now a coalition will have to be formed and divergent views will have to be considered. If this amounts to only a little being accomplished then that is a blessing for the Italians. <br /><br />Contrast that with we poor Americans. We have one party win by just a few votes and they can do whatever they want. Including a lot of bad things.KyleNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766641765942339253noreply@blogger.com