Institutional characteristics and effects of confirmation hearing in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This article analyzes how Korean confirmation hearings affect the quality of high-level executive branch officials appointed by a president, based on the criteria of patronage and merit. An ordered logit regression analysis was conducted on the patronage and merit of the 409 high-ranking officials appointed during the Kim Youngsam to Lee Myung-bak Administrations. The results showed that confirmation hearings did not have any eff ect on the patronage of high-ranking officials, but did have the eff ect of increasing their merit. This is probably because presidents tended to select candidates with high merit after the introduction of the confi rmation hearings in order to persuade the National Assembly. These findings show that despite the institutional superiority of president, who can force appointments through in spite of the Assembly’s objection, and dysfunctional management resulting from partisan conflicts, the two authorities do compromise with each other.

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