• Politicians and Scandals that Damage the Party Brand 

      Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz; Geys, Benny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Scandals can cause serious damage to political parties’ brand name and reputation, which may taint all members of the party—even those not implicated in the scandal. In this article, we therefore explore how (uninvolved) ...
    • The Limits of Electoral Control: Evidence from Last-Term Politicians 

      Geys, Benny; Mause, Karsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In modern democracies, politicians’ accountability is often linked to the disciplining mechanism of electoral control. For politicians in their final term, this mechanism is impaired. Using a novel dataset covering 910 ...