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Essays in legislative behavior.

Harvard University.

Essays in legislative behavior.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Essays in legislative behavior.
Author:	Williams, Blair Shaffer.
Description:	170 p.
Notes:	Adviser: David C. King.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: A, page: 4690.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-12A.
Subject:	Political Science, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3245211

Essays in legislative behavior.
Williams, Blair Shaffer.

Essays in legislative behavior. - 170 p.

Adviser: David C. King.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2006.

The second paper investigates how the social network structure of House institutional arrangements affects legislative behavior. Traditional studies have focused on how exogenous ascriptive characteristics affect member behavior. This study incorporates these measures with legislator social network data to see if and to what degree social interaction influences member action. I test the decision to cosponsor another Representative's legislation. The results show that increasing social network contact between two members heightens the probability of cosponsorship. When both social network connections and mutual exogenous characteristics are considered together, we observe a substantial increase in the probability of cosponsorship. I use parametric and non-parametric models to arrive at this conclusion.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Political Science, General.

Essays in legislative behavior.
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520 # $a The second paper investigates how the social network structure of House institutional arrangements affects legislative behavior. Traditional studies have focused on how exogenous ascriptive characteristics affect member behavior. This study incorporates these measures with legislator social network data to see if and to what degree social interaction influences member action. I test the decision to cosponsor another Representative's legislation. The results show that increasing social network contact between two members heightens the probability of cosponsorship. When both social network connections and mutual exogenous characteristics are considered together, we observe a substantial increase in the probability of cosponsorship. I use parametric and non-parametric models to arrive at this conclusion.
520 # $a The third paper explores existing theories of legislative organization. After highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each framework, I propose integrating key elements of these perspectives into a single property rights approach as a means of explaining the principal-agent dilemmas and organizational phenomena present in the U.S. House of Representatives. An empirical illustration of Congress from 1890-1910 provides suggestive evidence supporting the model's predictions.
520 # $a This dissertation presents three essays in Legislative Behavior. The first paper explores the differential nature of legislator involvement at the subcommittee-level of Congress. I examine four subcommittee issue domains from the same parent committee to predict the direction and strength of various factors impacting representative behavior. These four issue domains vary with complexity and partisan cleavage. I find that constituency interests influence member activity when issues are simple. I also observe the effects of member ideology on legislator behavior when issued are cleaved along party lines.
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