Deeds, Not Words? Speech and Re-Election of Japan’s Local Legislators
Deeds, Not Words? Speech and Re-Election of Japan’s Local Legislators
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日本地方立法者的重选是行动而不是言论？
DOI：
10.1007/s10602-023-09402-3
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
Yasutomo Kimura and Yuzu Uchida
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作者：
Akihiko Kawaura;Yasutomo Kimura and Yuzu Uchida
这项研究是对民选议会成员连任的实证调查，并调查在任议员对立法会议的普遍参与是否决定其连任努力的结果。这项研究根据前一届任期内全体会议发言的数量来衡量立法参与度，该数量是从已公布的地方议会记录中列出的。用于分析的数据来自日本41个县议会，这些县议会在2015年4月的同一天举行了选举。这一样本使我们能够测试立法参与是否对不同地区的选举产生积极影响。对当选官员连任结果的实证分析表明，发言发言是议会成员选举成功的一个因素。此外，这一演讲效应随着在任议员任期的积累而减弱，第一任期的议员从演讲的积极连任效应中受益最大。
This study is an empirical inquiry into the re-election of elected assembly members and investigates whether incumbents' general participation in legislative sessions is a determinant of the outcome of their re-election efforts. This study measures legislative participation based on the amount of speech on the plenary session floor during the immediately preceding term, which is tabulated from published local assembly transcripts. The data for the analysis come from 41 prefecture assemblies in Japan that held elections on the same day in April 2015. This sample enables us to test whether legislative participation has a positive electoral impact across different localities. The empirical analysis of the re-election outcomes of elected officials suggests that floor speech is a factor contributing to electoral success for assembly members. In addition, this speech effect diminishes as incumbents accumulate terms, and it is the first term legislators who benefit most from the positive re-election effect of speech.