Incumbency advantages, prime minister replacements and government formation
Published online on May 21, 2025
Abstract
Party Politics, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 183-196, March 2026.
Are incumbent cabinets favored when a new government forms in parliamentary democracies? This article develops and evaluates a new hypothesis on the so-called incumbency advantage in government formation which stresses the role of interpersonal relations ...
Are incumbent cabinets favored when a new government forms in parliamentary democracies? This article develops and evaluates a new hypothesis on the so-called incumbency advantage in government formation which stresses the role of interpersonal relations ...