Journal article
Evaluating the Candidate Incumbency Effect in Japan's Single-Member District Elections, 1996-2005
Representation, Vol.47(2), pp.171-185
07/01/2011
DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2011.581073
Abstract
This article examines the issue of the candidate incumbency effect in Japan's single-member district (SMD) elections after the 1994 electoral reform. I argue that the candidate incumbency advantage deeply entrenched in the pre-reform lower house elections continues to be significant during the post-reform era. Furthermore, I argue that the pattern of candidate incumbency advantage is modified by national ruling party/coalition membership and urban-rural distinction. Finally, I study why the difference in the source of incumbent status has a huge impact on SMD elections and how. By using a new data set from Japan's SMD elections for the period of 1996-2005, I find empirical evidence to corroborate my theoretical arguments.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluating the Candidate Incumbency Effect in Japan's Single-Member District Elections, 1996-2005
- Creators
- Yu Wang
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Representation, Vol.47(2), pp.171-185
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/00344893.2011.581073
- ISSN
- 0034-4893
- eISSN
- 1749-4001
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983920523402771
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