Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth A Shepsle, Barry R Weingast (0000-0002-4991-2444) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149 |
| Publication date | 1994-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440423 |
| OpenAlex | W4237404194 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 114 |
Economics · Law and economics · Political science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Public Administration
Legislatures and Parliaments in Comparative Context
Comparative Legislative Behavior
Immigration and Politics in the New Europe
Setting the Agenda
The Engines of European Integration
Greasing the Wheels
El papel del Congreso Nacional de Argentina en la elaboración de la política exterior (1999-2003). Un modelo para su análisis
Election Timing and Public Policy
What Does Political Economy Tell Us about Economic Development—and Vice Versa
A delegação aos líderes partidários na Câmara dos Deputados e no Senado Federal
Representação, Deliberação e estudos legislativos
O Sistema de comissões brasileiro
Winning Coalition Formation in the U.S. Senate
American Indian Policy in Committee
Legislative Process in International Organizations
Roll call votes in the committees of the European Parliament
Majorities without Mandates
Institutional Change and the Dynamics of Vice Presidential Selection
Who Promotes Protection? Economic and Electoral Influences on Trade-Related Position Taking in the Senate
The paradox of policy analysis
Of Rules and Speakers
Independent and competing agencies
Congressional distributive politics and state economic performance
Critical appraisal in science and technology policy analysis
Strangers at the gate
Does Legislative Institutionalization Impact Policy Adoption? New Evidence from the Colonial and Early State Legislatures 1757–1795
Inside the Fog
A Theory Waiting to Be Discovered and Used
The Uncovered Set and the Limits of Legislative Action
(Self-)selection and expertise among decision-makers in the European Parliament
Committee Parliamentary Specialization Index. Explaining MPs’ specialisation in the Spanish Congreso de los Diputados
Democracy in parliament vs. democracy through parliament? Defining the rules of the game in the European Parliament
Parliamentary committees in european democracies
Building legitimacy
The Party System in the European Parliament
Legislative negotiations in the European Parliament
From the Luxembourg compromise to codecision
Empowerment of the European Parliament
Uncovering Evidence of Conditional Party Government
Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule
As três versões do neo-institucionalismo
Electoral Incentives and Legislative Organization
The Development of Special Orders and Special Rules in the U.S. House, 1881–1937
Parties as Procedural Coalitions in Congress
Laws and Roll Calls in the U.S. Congress, 1891–1994
Multimember Districts' Effect on Collaboration between U.S. State Legislators
Committee structure and political preferences
The Legislative Matching Game
Party animals, career changers and other pathways into parliament
Cooperation between counterparts in parliament from an agenda-setting perspective
Disputed Elections in Presidential Democracies
The Republican Revolution and the House Appropriations Committee
Lawmaking and Roll Calls
Parties, Median Legislators, and Agenda Setting
Legislative Professionalism and the Power of State House Leaders
Committee Assignment Politics in the Danish Folketing
Determinantes de la cohesión en la votación del legislativo en las coaliciones oficialistas y de oposición en la Cámara de Diputados de Chile, 2006-2014
Politicians, regulators, and regulatory governance
The Effects of Measurement and Methods Decisions on Committee Preference Outlier Results
The Contract with America and Conditional Party Government in State Legislatures
Committee Assignments and the Cost of Party Loyalty
Theory Driven Bias in Ideal Point Estimates—A Monte Carlo Study
Polarization and Ideology
Pathways to party unity
Distributing Chairs and Seats in Committees
The Politics of Committee Chairs Assignment in Ireland and Spain
Personal Ambitions, Expertise and Parties’ Control
The Contribution of Comparative Research to Measuring the Policy Preferences of Legislators
Uncertainty and the Prevalence of Committee Outliers
Chamber Size Effects on the Collaborative Structure of Legislatures
Who Wins? Party Effects in Legislative Voting
Foundations of Legislative Organization and Committee Influence
The role of procedural commitment in informational theories of legislative organization
Qualitative voting
Mediation in the shadow of an audience
Institutionalism as a Methodology
Parliamentary committees
The conditions of committee importance – drawing lessons from a qualitative case study of Finland
Committees and Legislative Strengthening
Legislative institutions and Institutionalism in the United States
Legislative Oversight in the UkrainianRada
US congressional committees
Rational‐choice theory in legislative studies
The political economy of nontariff barriers
Formal Theory and the Institutions of Governance
Active, assertive, anointed, absconded? Testing claims about career politicians in the United Kingdom
Electoral competition and the oversight game
Is There a First Mover Advantage in Lobbying? A Comparative Analysis of How the Timing of Mobilization Affects the Influence of Interest Groups in 10 Polities
From "Grand Coalition" To Left-Right Confrontation
What Does Political Economy Tell Us About Economic Development—and Vice Versa
Package Deals in EU Legislative Politics
The Expertise Paradox
Who Caucuses? An Experimental Approach to Institutional Design and Electoral Participation
Direct and Indirect Representation
Die Wirkung von institutionellen Reformen dargestellt am Beispiel der Reform des Kommissionensystems der Schweizerischen Bundesversammlung von 1991
Zwischen Immobilität und Instabilität
When Will New Programs be Mandatory? Determinants of the Decision Between the Mandatory and Discretionary Budget Designs
Consensus, Conflict, and Partisanship in House Decision Making
The Role of Economic Reliance in Defense Procurement Contracting
Partisan Competition and the Efficiency of Lawmaking in American State Legislatures, 1991-2009
| Unique citing works | 114 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,68 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 114 |