Institutional Change, Discretion, and the Making of Modern Congress

An Economic Interpretation

By Glenn R. Parker

Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Economics
Hardcover : 9780472103294, 128 pages, tables, figures, 6 x 9, July 1992
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.13707
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Contents

Introduction - 1
1. Barriers to Entry and the Expansion of Discretion - 15
2. Discretion-Maximizing Behavior in Congress - 33
3. Partisanship and Productivity - 49
4. Economic Incentives to Congressional Service - 67
5. Constraints on Discretion - 81

6. Some Concluding Observations on Discretion-Maximizing Behavior in Legislatures - 95

References - 109

Name Index - 115

Subject Index - 117

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Controversial new interpretation of legislators' behavior

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