Delegation, accountability & legislator moonlighting: agency problems in Germany

Geys, Benny; Mause, Karsten

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dc.contributor.author	Geys, Benny	de
dc.contributor.author	Mause, Karsten	de
dc.date.accessioned	2016-02-17T10:45:10Z
dc.date.available	2016-02-17T10:45:10Z
dc.date.issued	2012	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/46167
dc.description.abstract	Members of parliament in many countries are legally permitted to execute (un)paid jobs in addition to their political mandate. It is often argued that such moonlighting activities are unproblematic for the chain of democratic delegation and accountability as long as outside interests/earnings are disclosed to citizen-principals; the latter may then sanction (perceived) misconduct through the ballot box. Using principal-agent theory as an analytical framework and the German national parliament as a case study, this paper discusses why the accountability mechanisms of moonlighting disclosure and electoral control are often impaired in practice. We also illustrate that these concerns generalise beyond the German setting. (author's abstract)	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.ddc	Wirtschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Economics	en
dc.subject.ddc	Psychologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Psychology	en
dc.subject.other	Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie	de
dc.title	Delegation, accountability & legislator moonlighting: agency problems in Germany	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.volume	SP II 2012-105	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.publisher.city	Berlin	de
dc.source.series	Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Schwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Forschungsprofessur und Projekt The Future of Fiscal Federalism
dc.subject.classoz	Social Psychology	en
dc.subject.classoz	Sozialpsychologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	Labor Market Policy	en
dc.subject.classoz	Arbeitsmarktpolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Abgeordneter	de
dc.subject.thesoz	representative	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nebenbeschäftigung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	additional job	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	voting behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Schwarzarbeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	moonlighting	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Verhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	behavior	en
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	WZB	de
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
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dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Arbeitspapier	de
dc.type.document	working paper	en
dc.source.pageinfo	17	de
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internal.identifier.classoz	10504
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dc.contributor.corporateeditor	Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
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dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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dc.subject.classhort	20100	de
dc.subject.classhort	10500	de
dc.subject.classhort	10700	de
dc.identifier.handle	https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58349
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