ABSTRACT

Although often theorised, empirical research concerning the relationship between parties’ candidate selection and MPs’ parliamentary activity is scarce. Our analysis focuses on the Dutch case, which features national party lists. It is therefore well-suited to examine the relationship between parliamentary activity (in terms of speeches, resolutions, amendments and questions) and candidate selection: are MPs reselected and do they move up or down the candidate list from one election to the next? We expect that more active MPs have a higher probability of reselection and promotion, i.e. moving up the candidate list. The empirical analysis of the Dutch lower house of Parliament between 1998 and 2017 combines data from the Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset with data on parliamentary speech-making. Our main finding is that speaking in the plenary is the parliamentary activity most strongly related to reselection and promotion.

摘要

尽管经常被理论化，但关于政党候选人选择与国会议员议会活动之间关系的实证研究却很少。我们的分析侧重于荷兰案例，该案例具有国家政党名单。因此，非常适合检查议会活动（在演讲、决议、修正案和问题方面）与候选人选择之间的关系：国会议员是否被重新选择，他们在候选人名单上是否从一次选举到下一次选举？我们预计更多活跃的MP具有更高的重新选择和晋升的可能性，即在候选人名单上移动。对 1998 年至 2017 年间荷兰议会下院的实证分析将来自荷兰议会行为数据集的数据与议会演讲数据相结合。