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2.1 Introduction 2.1 Introduction
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2.2 Parties and Electoral Rules 2.2 Parties and Electoral Rules
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2.2.1 Party Competition and Electoral Rules 2.2.1 Party Competition and Electoral Rules
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2.2.2 Reservations and Quotas 2.2.2 Reservations and Quotas
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2.3 Material and Nonmaterial Compensation 2.3 Material and Nonmaterial Compensation
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2.3.1 Pay for Politicians 2.3.1 Pay for Politicians
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2.3.2 Moonlighting 2.3.2 Moonlighting
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2.3.3 Extractable Rents from Office and Transparency in Politics 2.3.3 Extractable Rents from Office and Transparency in Politics
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2.4 Conflicts of Interest and Occupation-Specific Regulations 2.4 Conflicts of Interest and Occupation-Specific Regulations
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2.5 Concluding Remarks 2.5 Concluding Remarks
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Notes Notes
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2 Voters and Representatives: How Should Representatives Be Selected?
Get accessThomas Braendle is Research Fellow at the University of Basel.
Alois Stutzer is Professor of Political Economics and Director of the Center for Research in Economics and Well-Being at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
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Published:11 February 2019
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Abstract
Institutions systematically affect which individuals gain positions in the different branches of democratic government. Given agents’ discretion in decision-making, their characteristics matter for policy choices. This perspective on political selection replaces the representative political agent with a heterogeneous set of political decision-makers having different skills and motivations. Selecting political agents becomes a means to align the interests of the elected delegates with those of the citizens. The chapter’s comparative analysis reviews demand- and supply-side conditions in the market for competent and honest politicians. On the demand side, parties and electoral rules (including reservations and quotas) play an important role in determining who is recruited, nominated, and finally elected. On the supply side, various types of compensations are associated with political office. Finally, institutions affecting the attractiveness of a political mandate for people with a specific professional background are considered and related to policy outcomes.
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