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Do Bundestag MPs Who Fail to Toe the Party Line Get Told Off

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  • Björn Kauder
  • Niklas Potrafke

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Are Bundestag MPs chastised by their own parties if they fail to toe the party line in roll call votes? This study examines all 218 roll call votes in the legislative period of 2009–2013 for 257 MPs from the Bundestag register of MPs. The results do not show that their parties punished MPs who voted against their party when it came to new nominations.

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  • Björn Kauder & Niklas Potrafke, 2017. "Do Bundestag MPs Who Fail to Toe the Party Line Get Told Off," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 70(12), pages 26-29, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:70:y:2017:i:12:p:26-29
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation

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