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Where's the Party?

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Political parties are prominent in legislative politics and legislative research. Using data from the 99th Congress, this article assesses the degree to which significant party behaviour – defined and operationalized as behaviour that is independent of preferences – occurs in two key stages of legislative organization: the formation of standing committees and the appointment of conferees. Four hypotheses are developed and tested. When controlling for preferences and other hypothesized effects, positive and significant party effects are rare. A discussion addresses some criticisms of this unorthodox approach and attempts to reconcile some differences between these and previous findings.

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  • Krehbiel, Keith, 1993. "Where's the Party?," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(2), pages 235-266, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:23:y:1993:i:02:p:235-266_00
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    1. Amihai Glazer, 2006. "Externalities, Social Pressures, and Political Parties," Working Papers 060709, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics.
    2. Krehbiel, Keith & Meirowitz, Adam & Woon, Jonathan, 2004. "Testing Theories of Lawmaking," Research Papers 1860, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
    3. Cho, Seok-ju & Duggan, John, 2009. "Bargaining foundations of the median voter theorem," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 144(2), pages 851-868, March.
    4. David P. Myatt & Torun Dewan & Department of Government & London School of Economics, 2005. "Scandal, Protection, and Recovery in Political Cabinets," Economics Series Working Papers 237, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    5. Snowberg, Erik & Wolfers, Justin & Zitzewitz, Eric, 2007. "Party Influence in Congress and the Economy," Quarterly Journal of Political Science, now publishers, vol. 2(3), pages 277-286, August.
    6. Henning, Christian H.C.A. & Pappi, Franz Urban, 2001. "Die Logik Des Entscheidens Im Eu-System," Working Paper Series 24407, University of Kiel, Chair of Agricultural Policy.
    7. Brian Knight, 2004. "Bargaining in Legislatures: An Empirical Investigation," NBER Working Papers 10530, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    8. Dhillon, Amrita, 2003. "Political Parties and Coalition Formation," Economic Research Papers 269591, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
    9. Keith Poole, 2007. "Changing minds? Not in Congress!," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 131(3), pages 435-451, June.
    10. Randall L. Clavert & Nathan Dietz, "undated". "Legislative Coalitions in a Bargaining Model with Externalities," Wallis Working Papers WP14, University of Rochester - Wallis Institute of Political Economy.
    11. Caroline Close & Lidia Nunez Lopez, 2016. "At the root of parliamentary party cohesion: the role of intraparty heterogeneity and party ideology," CEVIPOL Working Papers 1/2016, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    12. William Hixon & Bryan W. Marshall, 2007. "Agendas, Side Issues and Leadership in the US House," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 19(1), pages 83-99, January.
    13. Fang-Yi Chiou & Lawrence S. Rothenberg, 2016. "Presidential unilateral action: partisan influence and presidential power," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 167(1), pages 145-171, April.
    14. Krehbiel, Keith & Meirowitz, Adam & Romer, Thomas, 2004. "Parties in Elections, Parties in Government, and Partisan Bias," Research Papers 1862, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.

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