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Testing Theories of Lawmaking

In: Social Choice and Strategic Decisions

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  • Keith Krehbiel

    (Stanford University)

  • Adam Meirowitz

    (Princeton University)

  • Jonathan Woon

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Summary Tests of formal models of legislative politics have become increasingly common, and have tended to draw confident and positive inferences about focal theories. This is not a particularly satisfactory development, however, inasmuch as the supposedly supported theories are quite different from one another, and the tests that generate the support tend overwhelmingly to focus on one theory rather than competing theories. We develop and employ a method of comparative theory-testing using estimates of cutpoints on final passage results. The findings are inconclusive in part because the theories, while substantively different, are often operationally nearly observationally equivalent.

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  • Keith Krehbiel & Adam Meirowitz & Jonathan Woon, 2005. "Testing Theories of Lawmaking," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: David Austen-Smith & John Duggan (ed.), Social Choice and Strategic Decisions, pages 249-268, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stcchp:978-3-540-27295-3_10
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27295-X_10
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    Cited by:

    1. Alan E. Wiseman & John R. Wright, 2008. "The Legislative Median and Partisan Policy," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 20(1), pages 5-29, January.
    2. Alessandro Riboni & Francisco J. Ruge-Murcia, 2010. "Monetary Policy by Committee: Consensus, Chairman Dominance, or Simple Majority?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 125(1), pages 363-416.
    3. Joshua D. Clinton, 2020. "The effect of majority party agenda setting on roll calls," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 185(3), pages 459-483, December.
    4. Krehbiel, Keith & Woon, Jonatahn, 2005. "Selection Criteria for Roll Call Votes," Research Papers 1943, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    5. John Patty, 2010. "Dilatory or anticipatory? Voting on the Journal in the House of Representatives," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 143(1), pages 121-133, April.

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