Political parties and political shirking
In: Public choice, Band 150, Heft 3-4, S. 651-670
ISSN: 1573-7101
Using ADA roll call voting scores for the 1947-2006 period, I find that senators shirk in their last term. The degree of shirking is limited by political parties, which constrain the politician in his last term, and varies by post-Senate career choices. The results highlight the importance of political parties in the repeated game that is electoral politics. Adapted from the source document.