Who is ready to climb the hill?: The effect of legislative activity on promotion to higher offices in Chile

• Dockendorff, Andrés ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: The Journal of legislative studies, ISSN 1357-2334, Vol. 25, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 169-187
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2019.1603196
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• Resumen

  • Previous research suggests that bill initiation is a mechanism used by legislators to foster personal votes. This article puts forward a theory whereby legislative activity is understood as a form of party service. Bill initiation records are used by parties to inform their decisions on who is ready to be promoted. The theory is evaluated using an original data-set from the Chilean Chamber of Deputies. Our empirical findings make a strong case for the hypothesis according to which parties reward those deputies who have shown to be effective legislators.