Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner; Portmann, Marco - In: Constitutional Political Economy 25 (2014) 2, pp. 207-229
separation of powers. We econometrically compare votes of parliamentary representatives and their constituents on a popular … individual ties to the public service affect representatives’ behavior, holding constituents’ preferences constant. Our results … indicate that while politicians tend to represent their constituents’ preferences, representatives with ties to the public …