Variable: Forms of Government

QoG Code: (pt_pres)

Dataset: The Economic Effects of Constitutions

Description:

Dummy variable:

1. For presidential regimes
2. Otherwise.

Only regimes in which the confidence of the assembly is not necessary for the executive to stay in power (even if an elected president is not the chief executive, or if there is no elected president) are included among presidential regimes. Most semi-presidential and premier-presidential systems are classified as parliamentary.

Type of variable: Binary

Last updated by source: 2012-05-26

Categories:

Political System

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