Does a district mandate matter for the behavior of politicians? An analysis of roll-call votes and parliamentary speeches
In most democracies, members of parliament (MPs) are elected either through a party list or by a district. We use a discontinuity in the German electoral system to investigate the causal effect of a district election on an MP’s conformity with the party line. A district election does not affect roll...
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2022
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