Joshua Y Lerner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4386607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Y Lerner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Lerner |
| SIGNATURE | LERNER J Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | NORC at the University of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Language of Delegation: An NLP Analysis of Congressional Bill Text
Delegation of powers from the legislature to the executive branch is a nearly ubiquitous feature of modern lawmaking. However, much of what scholars know about delegation is gleaned from an exclusive focus on landmark legislation. We introduce a method to identify delegating language across a larger universe of legislation. Using an active learning convolutional neural network on bill text, we classify bill sections by their delegation content, a…
Environmentalism among poor and rich countries: Using natural language processing to handle perfunctory support and rising powers
In international politics, is environmental protection largely a “rich-country” priority? We perceive four reasons why, although individual exceptions are possible, the answer would be yes: as a country meets more of its basic economic needs, it can better take on environmental policy’s long-term thinking, policy expenses, collective action problems, and quality-of-life issues. To cut through lip service paid by governments that are not serious a…
Getting the message across: Evaluating think tank influence in Congress
Does the Gift Keep on Giving? House Leadership PAC Donations before and after Majority Status
Party leaders face a significant trade-off financing races when the party is out of power: while they care about gaining control of the House, they do not know how willing a potential representative will be to work with and for the party once elected. Leadership political action committee (LPAC) contributions are a major mechanism of leadership control over the financing of congressional campaigns, with the hope of influencing the future behavior…
Does the Gift Keep on Giving? House Leadership PAC Donations before and after Majority Status
Party leaders face a significant trade-off financing races when the party is out of power: while they care about gaining control of the House, they do not know how willing a potential representative will be to work with and for the party once elected. Leadership political action committee (LPAC) contributions are a major mechanism of leadership control over the financing of congressional campaigns, with the hope of influencing the future behavior…
Getting the message across: Evaluating think tank influence in Congress
Environmentalism among poor and rich countries: Using natural language processing to handle perfunctory support and rising powers
In international politics, is environmental protection largely a “rich-country” priority? We perceive four reasons why, although individual exceptions are possible, the answer would be yes: as a country meets more of its basic economic needs, it can better take on environmental policy’s long-term thinking, policy expenses, collective action problems, and quality-of-life issues. To cut through lip service paid by governments that are not serious a…
Does the Gift Keep on Giving? House Leadership PAC Donations before and after Majority Status
Party leaders face a significant trade-off financing races when the party is out of power: while they care about gaining control of the House, they do not know how willing a potential representative will be to work with and for the party once elected. Leadership political action committee (LPAC) contributions are a major mechanism of leadership control over the financing of congressional campaigns, with the hope of influencing the future behavior…
Getting the message across: Evaluating think tank influence in Congress
Environmentalism among poor and rich countries: Using natural language processing to handle perfunctory support and rising powers
In international politics, is environmental protection largely a “rich-country” priority? We perceive four reasons why, although individual exceptions are possible, the answer would be yes: as a country meets more of its basic economic needs, it can better take on environmental policy’s long-term thinking, policy expenses, collective action problems, and quality-of-life issues. To cut through lip service paid by governments that are not serious a…
The Language of Delegation: An NLP Analysis of Congressional Bill Text
Delegation of powers from the legislature to the executive branch is a nearly ubiquitous feature of modern lawmaking. However, much of what scholars know about delegation is gleaned from an exclusive focus on landmark legislation. We introduce a method to identify delegating language across a larger universe of legislation. Using an active learning convolutional neural network on bill text, we classify bill sections by their delegation content, a…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)