Free Riding in State Legislatures |
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Authors: | Rogers James R. |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4348, U.S.A.
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Abstract: | This paper applies the theory of team production to thelegislative process and tests the empiricalimplications of that theory using a uniquestate-level data set. Empirically testablehypotheses are derived from the theory,including predictions that free riding willincrease as chamber (or majority) sizeincreases, and that legislativeinstitutions (such as committee structureand staffing levels) can mitigate freeriding. The hypotheses are tested using apooled state-level data set developed fromthe session laws of twenty-three statelegislatures. The empirical results areconsistent with the major hypotheses. |
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