nmm 22 4500 ICPSR01115 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130522s1996 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR01115 MiAaI MiAaI A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies [electronic resource] Gary King , James E. Alt , Nancy Burns , Michael Laver 1996-06-10 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1996 ICPSR 1115 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-22. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. 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. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01115.v1 democracy icpsr legislative bodies icpsr parliamentary governments icpsr political systems icpsr ICPSR XVIII. ICPSR Publication-Related Archive King, Gary Alt, James E. Burns, Nancy Laver, Michael Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 1115 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01115.v1