E Scott Adler
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Scott Adler |
| GIVEN NAMES | E Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Adler |
| SIGNATURE | ADLER E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-9304-3900 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 272 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
A Measure of Congressional Committee Influence
In this article, we develop a temporally dynamic measure of each congressional committee's influence across nearly all areas of U.S. federal law. Our measure is derived from the United States Code, which provides detailed information on the evolution of public law across time and issue areas. We categorize sections of the U.S. Code by Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) policy topic areas and then construct a committee‐level influence score based o…
Shelter in a Storm: Campaign Fundraising, Party Competition, and the Changing Nature of Congressional Committee Assignments
In the article, we argue that closer competition for control of the House of Representatives and increases in the cost of campaigns have elevated the importance of campaign fundraising in the committee assignment process. When the majority party holds a narrow margin, we expect them to give freshmen and electorally marginal lawmakers abnormally lucrative committee assignments. We test this argument using both a novel measure of committee fundrais…
Campaign Mailers and Intent to Turnout: Do Similar Field and Survey Experiments Yield the Same Conclusions
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Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
The Opportunistic President: How US Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs
The president is the most influential policy actor in US politics, and his legislative program greatly influences Congress's agenda. Yet little research has focused on what factors affect the president's choices when constructing his agenda. We develop a theory that determines when a president will include an issue in his program. We hypothesize that presidents structure their agendas around the congressional calendar for consideration of expirin…
The Persuasive Effects of Partisan Campaign Mailers
A substantial literature has used field experiments to assess the mobilization effects of non-partisan mailers. However, little work has examined whether partisan mailers affect voters as intended. We report findings from two field experiments conducted in cooperation with partisan campaign strategists that allow us to assess the effects of negative and positive mailers. We find that mailers can affect voters—particularly their recognition of can…
Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving
How do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing significant societal problems - even in recent years - seems to contradict this view. Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving argues that th…
Pushing “Reset”: The Conditional Effects of Coaching Replacements on College Football Performance
Objectives We assess the effects of coaching replacements on college football team performance. Methods Using data from 1997 to 2010, we use matching techniques to compare the performance of football programs that replaced their head coach to those where the coach was retained. The analysis has two major innovations over existing literature. First, we consider how entry conditions moderate the effects of coaching replacements. Second, we examine …
Intended Consequences: Jurisdictional Reform and Issue Control In the U.S. House of Representatives
The power of congressional committees rests in large part on their ability to set the legislative agenda in particular issue areas. But how do committees acquire their issue jurisdictions? Existing research points to informal committee turf wars— not collective reforms—as the roots of jurisdictional allocations (King 1994, 1997). Yet the House of Representatives has made nearly 150 formal changes to its committees' jurisdictions since 1973. We in…
Win, Place, Show: Public Opinion Polls and Campaign Contributions in a New York City Election
The authors examine how the relative standing of candidates in public opinion polls during a primary campaign affects their ability to raise money. A theory is proposed that considers when individuals are most likely to contribute to the electoral campaigns of their most preferred candidate based on a rational model of political participation and concerns about a candidate’s likelihood of winning. The theory is then applied to the case of the 198…
Constituency Characteristics and the "Guardian" Model of Appropriations Subcommittees, 1959-1998
In this paper I examine the composition of ten House Appropriations subcommittees from 1959-1998 and explore the extent to which these subcommittees are comprised of members who have specific constituency needs for the benefits supplied by programs under their jurisdiction. Congressional scholars have suggested several different patterns for the constituency bias of these panels, and I study whether we can confirm or reject portions of the and mo…
The Home Style Homepage: Legislator Use of the World Wide Web for Constituency Contact
Demand-Side Theory and Congressional Committee Composition: A Constituency Characteristics Approach
Theory: Recent work on congressional committee composition suggests that the informational or partisan models better explain legislative structure than models based on distributive politics. We argue that in many instances a gains from exchange model, where committees are composed of members representing highdemand constituencies, is more appropriate. Hypotheses: The gains from exchange theory of congressional structure argues that congressional …
Demand-Side Theory and Congressional Committee Composition: A Constituency Characteristics Approach
Theory: Recent work on congressional committee composition suggests that the informational or partisan models better explain legislative structure than models based on distributive politics. We argue that in many instances a gains from exchange model, where committees are composed of members representing highdemand constituencies, is more appropriate. Hypotheses: The gains from exchange theory of congressional structure argues that congressional …
The Home Style Homepage: Legislator Use of the World Wide Web for Constituency Contact
Constituency Characteristics and the "Guardian" Model of Appropriations Subcommittees, 1959-1998
In this paper I examine the composition of ten House Appropriations subcommittees from 1959-1998 and explore the extent to which these subcommittees are comprised of members who have specific constituency needs for the benefits supplied by programs under their jurisdiction. Congressional scholars have suggested several different patterns for the constituency bias of these panels, and I study whether we can confirm or reject portions of the and mo…
Intended Consequences: Jurisdictional Reform and Issue Control In the U.S. House of Representatives
The power of congressional committees rests in large part on their ability to set the legislative agenda in particular issue areas. But how do committees acquire their issue jurisdictions? Existing research points to informal committee turf wars— not collective reforms—as the roots of jurisdictional allocations (King 1994, 1997). Yet the House of Representatives has made nearly 150 formal changes to its committees' jurisdictions since 1973. We in…
The Persuasive Effects of Partisan Campaign Mailers
A substantial literature has used field experiments to assess the mobilization effects of non-partisan mailers. However, little work has examined whether partisan mailers affect voters as intended. We report findings from two field experiments conducted in cooperation with partisan campaign strategists that allow us to assess the effects of negative and positive mailers. We find that mailers can affect voters—particularly their recognition of can…
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
Win, Place, Show: Public Opinion Polls and Campaign Contributions in a New York City Election
The authors examine how the relative standing of candidates in public opinion polls during a primary campaign affects their ability to raise money. A theory is proposed that considers when individuals are most likely to contribute to the electoral campaigns of their most preferred candidate based on a rational model of political participation and concerns about a candidate’s likelihood of winning. The theory is then applied to the case of the 198…
The Opportunistic President: How US Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs
The president is the most influential policy actor in US politics, and his legislative program greatly influences Congress's agenda. Yet little research has focused on what factors affect the president's choices when constructing his agenda. We develop a theory that determines when a president will include an issue in his program. We hypothesize that presidents structure their agendas around the congressional calendar for consideration of expirin…
Shelter in a Storm: Campaign Fundraising, Party Competition, and the Changing Nature of Congressional Committee Assignments
In the article, we argue that closer competition for control of the House of Representatives and increases in the cost of campaigns have elevated the importance of campaign fundraising in the committee assignment process. When the majority party holds a narrow margin, we expect them to give freshmen and electorally marginal lawmakers abnormally lucrative committee assignments. We test this argument using both a novel measure of committee fundrais…
Demand-Side Theory and Congressional Committee Composition: A Constituency Characteristics Approach
Theory: Recent work on congressional committee composition suggests that the informational or partisan models better explain legislative structure than models based on distributive politics. We argue that in many instances a gains from exchange model, where committees are composed of members representing highdemand constituencies, is more appropriate. Hypotheses: The gains from exchange theory of congressional structure argues that congressional …
The Home Style Homepage: Legislator Use of the World Wide Web for Constituency Contact
Win, Place, Show: Public Opinion Polls and Campaign Contributions in a New York City Election
The authors examine how the relative standing of candidates in public opinion polls during a primary campaign affects their ability to raise money. A theory is proposed that considers when individuals are most likely to contribute to the electoral campaigns of their most preferred candidate based on a rational model of political participation and concerns about a candidate’s likelihood of winning. The theory is then applied to the case of the 198…
Constituency Characteristics and the "Guardian" Model of Appropriations Subcommittees, 1959-1998
In this paper I examine the composition of ten House Appropriations subcommittees from 1959-1998 and explore the extent to which these subcommittees are comprised of members who have specific constituency needs for the benefits supplied by programs under their jurisdiction. Congressional scholars have suggested several different patterns for the constituency bias of these panels, and I study whether we can confirm or reject portions of the and mo…
Intended Consequences: Jurisdictional Reform and Issue Control In the U.S. House of Representatives
The power of congressional committees rests in large part on their ability to set the legislative agenda in particular issue areas. But how do committees acquire their issue jurisdictions? Existing research points to informal committee turf wars— not collective reforms—as the roots of jurisdictional allocations (King 1994, 1997). Yet the House of Representatives has made nearly 150 formal changes to its committees' jurisdictions since 1973. We in…
Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving
How do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing significant societal problems - even in recent years - seems to contradict this view. Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving argues that th…
Pushing “Reset”: The Conditional Effects of Coaching Replacements on College Football Performance
Objectives We assess the effects of coaching replacements on college football team performance. Methods Using data from 1997 to 2010, we use matching techniques to compare the performance of football programs that replaced their head coach to those where the coach was retained. The analysis has two major innovations over existing literature. First, we consider how entry conditions moderate the effects of coaching replacements. Second, we examine …
The Persuasive Effects of Partisan Campaign Mailers
A substantial literature has used field experiments to assess the mobilization effects of non-partisan mailers. However, little work has examined whether partisan mailers affect voters as intended. We report findings from two field experiments conducted in cooperation with partisan campaign strategists that allow us to assess the effects of negative and positive mailers. We find that mailers can affect voters—particularly their recognition of can…
The Opportunistic President: How US Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs
The president is the most influential policy actor in US politics, and his legislative program greatly influences Congress's agenda. Yet little research has focused on what factors affect the president's choices when constructing his agenda. We develop a theory that determines when a president will include an issue in his program. We hypothesize that presidents structure their agendas around the congressional calendar for consideration of expirin…
Representation When Constituent Opinion and District Conditions Collide
When constituent opinion and district conditions point in two different directions, which factor is most influential for representatives who face important legislative roll calls? To address this question, we combine four types of data for the period from 2000 to 2012: key congressional roll call votes, district-level survey data, objective measures of district conditions, and other district demographics. We show (1) that material conditions in a…
Campaign Mailers and Intent to Turnout: Do Similar Field and Survey Experiments Yield the Same Conclusions
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Shelter in a Storm: Campaign Fundraising, Party Competition, and the Changing Nature of Congressional Committee Assignments
In the article, we argue that closer competition for control of the House of Representatives and increases in the cost of campaigns have elevated the importance of campaign fundraising in the committee assignment process. When the majority party holds a narrow margin, we expect them to give freshmen and electorally marginal lawmakers abnormally lucrative committee assignments. We test this argument using both a novel measure of committee fundrais…
A Measure of Congressional Committee Influence
In this article, we develop a temporally dynamic measure of each congressional committee's influence across nearly all areas of U.S. federal law. Our measure is derived from the United States Code, which provides detailed information on the evolution of public law across time and issue areas. We categorize sections of the U.S. Code by Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) policy topic areas and then construct a committee‐level influence score based o…
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