TY - JOUR

T1 - Political institutions and policy performance

T2 - a comparative analysis of Central and Eastern Europe

AU - Jahn, Detlef

AU - Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand

PY - 2010/4

Y1 - 2010/4

N2 - The impact of political institutions on policy performance has been a major research question in studies of advanced democracies. This study analyzes the effects of institutions and political actors on economic, social and environmental policies in ten Central Eastern European countries from 1995 to 2004. Using time-series-cross section (TSCS) regression analysis, this study shows that the impact of institutional veto players on policy output is more significant than international pressure. Moreover, the communist legacy has a much higher effect on policy output than expected.

AB - The impact of political institutions on policy performance has been a major research question in studies of advanced democracies. This study analyzes the effects of institutions and political actors on economic, social and environmental policies in ten Central Eastern European countries from 1995 to 2004. Using time-series-cross section (TSCS) regression analysis, this study shows that the impact of institutional veto players on policy output is more significant than international pressure. Moreover, the communist legacy has a much higher effect on policy output than expected.

KW - Politics

KW - communist legacy

KW - internationalization and globalization

KW - policy performance

KW - Political institutions

KW - veto player

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956301384&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0143814X09990250

DO - 10.1017/S0143814X09990250

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 30

SP - 23

EP - 44

JO - Journal of Public Policy

JF - Journal of Public Policy

SN - 0143-814X

IS - 1

ER -