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Morgan, John; Sisak, Dana; Várdy, Felix - 2012

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Party governance and the selection of parliamentarians

Beniers, Klaas J. - 2005

This paper examines the incentives for a party leader in office and for a parties' rank-and-file to replace a sitting member of parliament. As to the leader's decision, we show that the leader prefers to replace a critical member of parliament who votes against the leader's policy. A competent...

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Why do policy makers stick to inefficient decisions?

Dur, Robert A. J. - 1999 - This draft: June 1999

This paper offers an explanation for why policy makers stick to inefficient policy decisions. I argue that repealing a policy is a bad signal to voters about the policy maker's competence if voters do not have complete knowledge about the effects of implemented policies. I derive the optimal...

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Politicians' motivation, political culture, and electoral competition

Beniers, Klaas J.; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2005

We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care … politicians may have stronger incentives to behave opportunistically if other politicians are more likely to behave … politicians’ incentives to behave opportunistically increase with politicians’ pay and with polarization of policy preferences. …

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Election systems, the "beauty premium" in politics, and the beauty of dissent

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2020

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...

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