This article offers an empirical test of why some legislators' bills are more likely to move
forward in the legislative process. We argue that who signs the bill matters when it comes to …

Parliamentary questions are often employed by Members of Parliament to demonstrate their
responsiveness to the needs of the constituency. This article takes advantage from this …

Previous research suggests that bill initiation is a mechanism used by legislators to foster
personal votes. This article puts forward a theory whereby legislative activity is understood …

Although evaluations of members of parliaments'(MPs) parliamentary work have gained
increasing public popularity, the academic literature on the concept and measurement of …

Are European Parliament (EP) elections used to pass judgement on the legislative
behaviour of parties serving in the EP? Do Europeans give a bonus in EP elections to …

In parliamentary systems, party leaderships accomplish party unity by promising positive
incentives to their members of parliament (MP) and threatening them with negative …

The absence of an electoral connection is a widely held assumption in the scholarship on
the European Parliament (EP) and a cause of serious normative concern about the …

This article examines whether political parties reward the parliamentary activity of members
of parliament (MPs) through candidate selection processes. Previous research on this …

Opposition responsibility is a neglected field, and if at all noticed, opposition parties are
often placed in the irresponsibility frame. The purpose of our paper is to examine to what …

This article examines the relationship between term limits in parliament and “electoral
disconnection,” the notion that legislators constrained in their ability to run for office face …