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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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Self-serving legislators? : an analysis of the salary-setting institutions of 27 EU parliaments

Mause, Karsten - In: Constitutional political economy 25 (2014) 2, pp. 154-176

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The beauty premium of politicians in office

Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Wochner, Timo - 2023

The beauty premium in politics shows that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected to office than less … attractive politicians, but little is known about whether beauty also shapes the behavior of members of parliament (MPs) once in …

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