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Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Wagner, M., Tarlov, J., & Vivyan, N. (2014). Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain. Political Studies, 62(1), 136-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.01002.x

Voters form judgements about political controversies through a process of motivated reasoning driven by two goals: the desire to reach an objectively accurate conclusion (accuracy) and the desire to reach a conclusion congruent with pre-existing view... Read More about Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy: evidence from Great Britain.

Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal (2012)
Journal Article
Vivyan, N., Wagner, M., & Tarlov, J. (2012). Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal. Electoral Studies, 31(4), 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.06.010

This paper examines electoral accountability after the 2009–10 UK expenses scandal. Existing research shows that Members of Parliament (MPs) implicated in the scandal fared only marginally worse in the election than non-implicated colleagues. This la... Read More about Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal.

Do voters reward rebellion? The electoral accountability of MPs in Britain (2012)
Journal Article
Vivyan, N., & Wagner, M. (2012). Do voters reward rebellion? The electoral accountability of MPs in Britain. European Journal of Political Research, 51(2), 235-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.01998.x

To hold their Members of Parliament individually accountable for their legislative behaviour, British voters would need to base their decision to vote for an MP at least partially on the extent to which the MP's legislative voting behaviour deviated... Read More about Do voters reward rebellion? The electoral accountability of MPs in Britain.

From doves to hawks: A spatial analysis of voting in the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (2010)
Journal Article
Hix, S., Høyland, B., & Vivyan, N. (2010). From doves to hawks: A spatial analysis of voting in the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. European Journal of Political Research, 49(6), 731-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2010.01916.x

This article examines the making of monetary policy in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2008 by analysing voting behaviour in the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). It provides a new set of measures for the monetary policy preferen... Read More about From doves to hawks: A spatial analysis of voting in the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.