Holding individual representatives accountable : the role of electoral systems


Rudolph, Lukas ; Däubler, Thomas



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/685378
URL: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/68537...
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: The Journal of Politics : JOP
Band/Volume: 78
Heft/Issue: 3
Seitenbereich: 746-762
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Chicago, IL
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0022-3816 , 1468-2508
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > MZES - Arbeitsbereich B
Fachgebiet: 320 Politik
Abstract: Voters are reluctant to sanction representatives for individual misconduct if they have to balance candidate-level and party-level factors in their choice, but this trade-off is affected by the electoral system. Our general theoretical model explains why individual accountability can empirically occur in single-member district (SMD) systems but is expected under less restrictive conditions using open-list proportional representation (OLPR). The latter not only decouples party and candidate choice but also makes seat allocation more vote elastic. For a thorough empirical test of our argument, we draw on real-world evidence from state-level elections in Bavaria, Germany, which are held under an unusual mixed-member system. Exploiting a recent public scandal involving one-third of representatives, we examine how electoral punishment of the same candidates by the same voters differs across electoral rules. Drawing on difference-in-differences as well as matching/regression estimators, we show that electoral punishment is substantially larger under OLPR than under SMD systems.




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