COMPARING COMMITTEE AND FLOOR PREFERENCES

被引:57
作者
LONDREGAN, J [1 ]
SNYDER, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02142
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10.2307/440426
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
We propose a statistical model which permits us to test whether congressional committees are preference outliers. Unlike previous tests, our model acknowledges that each representative's policy preferences are unique and that a comparison of committee and floor preferences must account for this heterogeneity. We apply our model to the House of Representatives over the period 1951 to 1984 and identify many mom committee outliers than previous research.
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页数:34
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