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The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament

Richard Schobess and Benjamin de Vet (UGent)
(2022) EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. 14(4). p.600-617
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Although often theorized, empirical research on the relationship between MPs' parliamentary behaviour and their chances to realize career ambitions is relatively scarce. This article holistically analyses the effect of MPs' (1) party loyalty, (2) activity level and (3) the quality of their parliamentary work on MPs' prospects for re-election and their promotion to higher parliamentary office. Based on a unique combination of behavioural and peer assessment data on 325 federal and regional MPs in Belgium (2014-2019), we find that particularly MPs' loyalty and activity level improve their career prospects in the subsequent term, in contrast to more qualitative aspects of their parliamentary work. These findings provide important new insights into how and to what degree legislators are rewarded for their parliamentary performance.
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Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, career advancement, parliamentary activity, parliamentary performance, party loyalty, re-election, FLEXIBLE LIST SYSTEMS, PERSONAL VOTE-SEEKING, LEGISLATIVE BEHAVIOR, ELECTORAL INCENTIVES, POLITICAL-PARTIES, SELECTION BIAS, RE-SELECTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, CONSEQUENCES, DISCIPLINE

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MLA
Schobess, Richard, and Benjamin de Vet. “The Good, the Loyal or the Active? MPs’ Parliamentary Performance and the Achievement of Static and Progressive Career Ambitions in Parliament.” EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, vol. 14, no. 4, 2022, pp. 600–17, doi:10.1017/s1755773922000340.
APA
Schobess, R., & de Vet, B. (2022). The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament. EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 14(4), 600–617. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773922000340
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Schobess, Richard, and Benjamin de Vet. 2022. “The Good, the Loyal or the Active? MPs’ Parliamentary Performance and the Achievement of Static and Progressive Career Ambitions in Parliament.” EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 14 (4): 600–617. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773922000340.
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Schobess, Richard, and Benjamin de Vet. 2022. “The Good, the Loyal or the Active? MPs’ Parliamentary Performance and the Achievement of Static and Progressive Career Ambitions in Parliament.” EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 14 (4): 600–617. doi:10.1017/s1755773922000340.
Vancouver
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Schobess R, de Vet B. The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament. EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. 2022;14(4):600–17.
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R. Schobess and B. de Vet, “The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament,” EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 600–617, 2022.
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  title        = {{The good, the loyal or the active? MPs’ parliamentary performance and the achievement of static and progressive career ambitions in parliament}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1017/s1755773922000340}},
  volume       = {{14}},
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