Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Riem, Marina - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 63 (2017) 3, pp. 317-332
We examine whether parties punish politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. Using data of German … account for the voting behavior by punishing politicians who have voted against the party line. Political parties may attract … different groups of voters by tolerating politicians who vote according to their own credo. Qualities other than the voting …