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The Effect of Gubernatorial Support on Legislative Behavior in the Russian Duma

Frank C. Thames

出版	SSRN, 2009
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1ULozgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Recent research on Russian Duma elections argues that governors have influenced the election of single-member district deputies (Hale 2005, 2006; Smyth 2006). This raises the specter that governors can influence the behavior of these deputies. Based on broader comparative research, Russia features several characteristics that should allow regional leaders to impact deputies: a federalist system, an electoral system that encourages regional representation, weak political parties, and regional leaders with electoral resources. Using data from the third post-communist Duma, I demonstrate that single-member district deputies backed by regional leaders in the 1999 Duma election behaved differently in two critical areas: parliamentary party choice and support for the presidential legislative agenda. Gubernatorial support did not, however, affect committee choice.