Politicians respond to incentives when they decide how to allocate their campaigning time
and effort. The literature suggests electoral rules impact politicians' incentives. We argue that …

Personalized campaign styles are of increasing importance in contemporary election
campaigns at all levels of politics. Surprisingly, we know little about their implications for the …

The role orientation of political representatives and candidates is a longstanding concern in
studies of democratic representation. The growing trend in countries to allow citizens abroad …

This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as
crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory …

This dissertation focuses on the balances and the representativeness of electoral candidate
lists in Belgium between 1995 and 2019. While extensive research has been done in recent …

Outside the US, the crucial question of how well politicians represent the preferences of
voters is usually investigated at the party level. Reversing this perspective, we examine …

Traditionally, scholars have always assumed that exercising a local political mandate as a
national legislator intrinsically interferes with the intra parliamentary output. Despite the …

Attitudinal correspondence between voters and candidates is an integral part of the chain of
political representation. This chapter finds a high level of congruence between party elites …

Using the Comparative Candidate Survey, we study candidate campaigns and aim to
contribute to the ongoing research on how campaigns take on different characteristics in …

Party cohesion is a necessary condition for parties functioning as a mechanism of
democratic accountability. However, if candidates represent a wide range of policy views …