@article {KinAltBur90,
	title = {A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies},
	journal = {American Journal of Political Science},
	volume = {34},
	year = {1990},
	month = {August},
	pages = {846{\textendash}871},
	abstract = {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.},
	author = {Gary King and James Alt and Nancy Burns and Michael Laver}
}
