Incumbency Effects under Proportional Representation: Leaders and Backbenchers in the Postwar Italian Chamber of Deputies

Autor:	Miriam A. Golden, Lucio Picci
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Labour economics Sociology and Political Science Proportional representation Chamber of Deputies media_common.quotation_subject Legislature Democracy Politics Political economy Political science Elite Legislator Lower house media_common
Zdroj:	Legislative Studies Quarterly. 40:509-538
ISSN:	0362-9805
DOI:	10.1111/lsq.12087
Popis:	We study incumbency effects for individual legislators from two political parties (Christian Democracy and the Italian Socialist Party) in Italy's lower house of representatives over 10 legislatures (1948–92) elected using open-list proportional representation. Our analysis finds no reelection advantage for the average incumbent legislator. Only a tiny elite in each party successfully creates an incumbency advantage. We find incumbents advantaged for reselection by their political party. We interpret reselection advantage as a party loyalty premium. Our study depicts a political environment monopolized by party leaders who reward party loyalty but hamper legislators in appealing directly to voters.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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