Arbeitspapier | Working paper
Delegation, accountability & legislator moonlighting: agency problems in Germany
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)
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Seite(n): 17
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Englisch
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Schwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Forschungsprofessur und Projekt The Future of Fiscal Federalism (SP II 2012-105)
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Politikwissenschaft
Wirtschaft
Psychologie
Sozialpsychologie
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Abgeordneter
Nebenbeschäftigung
Wahlverhalten
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Schwarzarbeit
Verhalten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Geys, Benny
Mause, Karsten
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
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Deutschland, Berlin
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2012
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Geys, Benny
- Mause, Karsten
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Entstanden
- 2012
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