Dissent in Parliament as Reputation Building

B. Schaufele
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Dissenting votes in parliamentary systems are overt displays of defiance by individual Members of Parliament (MPs) vis-a-vis their parties. Dissension is particularly surprising as in the vast majority of situations voting against one's party yields no change in legislative outcomes while still generating costs for MPs. This study examines the decisions of elected representatives who face conflicting incentives. A model is developed where MPs choose to dissent in an effort to build reputations with their local constituents. Using all 32,216 observations at MP-bill-vote level for the 39th Parliament of Canada, a reputation building hypothesis is specified and tested. I provide evidence that MPs whose previous election was competitive are 13 percent more likely to cast any dissenting vote and, for a one standard deviation decrease in expected margin of victory, 2.3 percent more likely to defect on any given vote, results which suggest that MPs are actively attempting to build reputations with their local constituents
在议会中持不同政见者建立声誉
在议会制中,投反对票是国会议员个人对所属政党的公然蔑视。分歧尤其令人惊讶,因为在绝大多数情况下,投票反对自己的政党不会改变立法结果,但仍会给议员带来成本。本研究考察了面对冲突激励的当选代表的决策。议员们为了在当地选民中建立声誉而选择表达不同意见的模式已经形成。通过对加拿大第39届议会议员法案投票水平的所有32216项观察,我们明确并检验了一个声誉建设假设。我提供的证据表明,前一次选举竞争激烈的议员投反对票的可能性要高出13%,在预期胜利幅度下降一个标准差的情况下,在任何给定的投票中,倒戈的可能性要高出2.3%,结果表明议员们正在积极尝试在当地选民中建立声誉
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