American Legislative Decision Making and the Size Principle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3500751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred Thompson (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1100-1108 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1953992 |
| OpenAlex | W2312579011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article explains why previous empirical tests of the size principle have failed to produce conclusive results. Particular stress is given to seldom considered aspects of constitutional choice; their implications are explored by means of a simple simulation. Then I propose a test of the size principle and report some initial empirical findings based upon this test
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1993 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |