Reduced incentives, reduced party unity: Evidence from parliamentary speeches
Published online on February 25, 2026
Abstract
Party Politics, Ahead of Print.
This article examines how reductions in individual legislators’ political incentives affect their relationship with their party in a party-centered environment. We develop a principal-agent framework to argue that the absence of re-election incentives and ...
This article examines how reductions in individual legislators’ political incentives affect their relationship with their party in a party-centered environment. We develop a principal-agent framework to argue that the absence of re-election incentives and ...