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Legislative Productivity in the 93d–105th Congresses
Author(s) -
COX GARY W.,
TERRY WILLIAM C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
legislative studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.728
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1939-9162
pISSN - 0362-9805
DOI - 10.3162/036298008786403123
Subject(s) - seniority , legislature , boosting (machine learning) , productivity , exploit , panel data , political science , accounting , business , economics , law , computer science , econometrics , economic growth , computer security , artificial intelligence
We exploit a large new dataset in order to revisit the determinants of “legislative success” in Congress. Previous studies have focused on one or (rarely) two Congresses. Ours is the first study based on panel data, allowing us to better measure such causal effects as how a member's productivity increases when they become a committee chair or their party attains a majority. While corroborating several previous findings, we also differ on several important points—e.g., whereas the most sophisticated previous study finds greater seniority and committee leadership posts boosting productivity in neither party, we find them boosting productivity in both .