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dc.contributor.advisorRohrschneider, Robert
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Kyle
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T04:45:52Z
dc.date.available2015-10-13T04:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-31
dc.date.submitted2014
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/18677
dc.description.abstractPunctuated equilibrium and veto player theories are both well-established political science models. Punctuated equilibrium theory is a model of the public policy process which holds that policy changes typically occur in an incremental fashion, but this equilibrium incremental change is subject to periods of significant and sudden punctuated change. Veto player theory holds that when more individuals and groups in political systems must give their consent for policy change to occur (i.e., they possess "veto powers"), change will be slower and less dramatic. This analysis borrows from the punctuated equilibrium model developed by Baumgartner and Jones and the veto player model developed by Tsebelis to analyze the history of budgetary changes in the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark. The results suggest that veto players play an important role in Denmark, though due to unique partisan and institutional characteristics of the Danish political system, the relationship is the opposite of the hypothesized one. More veto players appear to actually make budgets more volatile, rather than increasing stability as the veto player-punctuated equilibrium hybrid model developed in this paper would predict. Overall, however, the results do not line up particularly well with the main hypothesis.
dc.format.extent103 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectbudgets
dc.subjectDenmark
dc.subjectpunctuated equilibrium
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectveto players
dc.titleVeto Players, Punctuated Equilibria, and Budgetary Dymanics: A Comparative Analysis of the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberHaider-Markel, Donald
dc.contributor.cmtememberYoon, Jiso
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplinePolitical Science
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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