What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political elites (particularly governors) influence legislators’ decisions on national policies? Do legislators’ own political backgrounds and office ambitions motivate their actions in the chamber? We address these questions by estimating the causal effect of gubernatorial influence and individual political careerism on the voting behavior of regionally based legislators (i.e., senators) in Argentina, where electoral and candidate nomination rules provide little room for individualistic behavior in Parliament. Taking advantage of roll call voting data, we calculate the distance between each senator and her or his national party leader in the chamber. We...
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory...
Conocer quiénes son los actores que controlan el acceso a las nominaciones para los cargos legislati...
How do legislators develop reputations to further their individual goals in environments with limite...
What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political el...
"What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political e...
"What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political e...
Abstract: How do governors affect party discipline at the National Congress? In this article, we eva...
Abstract: How do governors affect party discipline at the National Congress? In this article, we eva...
Under what conditions can subnational governments be national veto players? Many studies of federal ...
What effect does provincial-level politics have on the ability of Argentine legislators to survive i...
The knowledge about who appoints candidates for legislative offices provides key information on intr...
We study how distributive politics affects political budget cycles and voting within a federal count...
Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-ambitious politici...
The study of executive-legislative relations is not new. However, in the Argentine case, the vote of...
Governors are relevant political actors in most democratic federations and even in some unitarian st...
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory...
Conocer quiénes son los actores que controlan el acceso a las nominaciones para los cargos legislati...
How do legislators develop reputations to further their individual goals in environments with limite...
What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political el...
"What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political e...
"What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political e...
Abstract: How do governors affect party discipline at the National Congress? In this article, we eva...
Abstract: How do governors affect party discipline at the National Congress? In this article, we eva...
Under what conditions can subnational governments be national veto players? Many studies of federal ...
What effect does provincial-level politics have on the ability of Argentine legislators to survive i...
The knowledge about who appoints candidates for legislative offices provides key information on intr...
We study how distributive politics affects political budget cycles and voting within a federal count...
Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-ambitious politici...
The study of executive-legislative relations is not new. However, in the Argentine case, the vote of...
Governors are relevant political actors in most democratic federations and even in some unitarian st...
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory...
Conocer quiénes son los actores que controlan el acceso a las nominaciones para los cargos legislati...
How do legislators develop reputations to further their individual goals in environments with limite...