Changing Places in Parliament1
Stefanie Bailer2
Universität Basel
Sarah Bütikofer3
Universität Zürich
Simon Hug4
Département de science politique
et relations internationales
Université de Genève
First version: February 2018, this very preliminary version: Feb 4, 2018
Abstract
In bicameral systems members of parliament (MPs) may seek to advance
careerwise by moving from the lower to the upper chamber. Such moves
are especially sought after if the upper chamber has similar powers
and is of smaller size. In this paper we present an analysis of
members of the Swiss parliament that change their places and how this
affects their behavior. While contrary to an often studied parliament
like the US Congress the electoral districts do not change for MPs
that change from one chamber to another, most Swiss MP that engage in
such changes are subject to different electoral rules. We find that
these differences affect considerably the behavior of MPs (in terms of
voting, activities, etc.) that move from one chamber to another.
Footnotes:
1Partial financial
support by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grants No.
100012-111909, 100012-129737 and 100017L-162427 is gratefully acknowledged.
2 Universität Basel
3 Universität Zürich
4 Département de science politique et relations internationales, Faculté des sciences de la société
; Université de Genève; 40 Bd du Pont
d'Arve; 1211 Genève 4; Switzerland; phone ++41 22 379 83 78; email:
simon.hug@unige.ch
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