Out of Office, Out of Step? Re-election Concners and Ideological Shirking in Lame Duck Sessions of the U.S. House of Representatives
Author
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Alessandra Casella & Antonin Macé, 2021.
"Does Vote Trading Improve Welfare?,"
Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 13(1), pages 57-86, August.
- Alessandra Casella & Antonin Macé, 2020. "Does Vote Trading Improve Welfare?," NBER Working Papers 27743, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Alessandra Casella & Antonin Macé, 2021. "Does Vote Trading Improve Welfare?," Post-Print halshs-02922012, HAL.
- Casella, Alessandra & Macé, Antonin, 2020. "Does Vote Trading Improve Welfare?," CEPR Discussion Papers 15201, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Alessandra Casella & Antonin Macé, 2021. "Does Vote Trading Improve Welfare?," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-02922012, HAL.
- Matias D. Cattaneo & Michael Jansson & Xinwei Ma, 2020.
"Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 115(531), pages 1449-1455, July.
- Matias D. Cattaneo & Michael Jansson & Xinwei Ma, 2018. "Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators," Papers 1811.11512, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2019.
- Cattaneo, Matias D & Jansson, Michael & Ma, Xinwei, 2020. "Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt9vt997qn, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
- Cattaneo, Matias D & Jansson, Michael & Ma, Xinwei, 2020. "Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt9vt997qn, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
- Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1997.
"An Economic Model of Representative Democracy,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 112(1), pages 85-114.
- Tim Besley & Stephen Coate, "undated". ""An Economic Model of Representative Democracy''," CARESS Working Papres 95-02, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences.
- Tim Besley & Stephen Coate, "undated". "An Economic Model of Representative Democracy," Penn CARESS Working Papers ecf70d639d700dba5327ab0c8, Penn Economics Department.
- Naci Mocan & Duha T. Altindag, 2013.
"Salaries and Work Effort: An Analysis of the European Union Parliamentarians,"
Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 123(12), pages 1130-1167, December.
- Naci Mocan & Duha T. Altindag, 2013. "Salaries and Work Effort: An Analysis of the European Union Parliamentarians," Auburn Economics Working Paper Series auwp2013-02, Department of Economics, Auburn University.
- Jones, Daniel B. & Walsh, Randall, 2018.
"How do voters matter? Evidence from US congressional redistricting,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 25-47.
- Daniel B. Jones & Randall Walsh, 2016. "How Do Voters Matter? Evidence from US Congressional Redistricting," NBER Working Papers 22526, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- John A. List & Daniel M. Sturm, 2006.
"How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 121(4), pages 1249-1281.
- John A. List & Daniel M. Sturm, 2004. "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," NBER Working Papers 10609, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- John List & Daniel Sturm, 2004. "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," Natural Field Experiments 00482, The Field Experiments Website.
- Sturm, Daniel & List, John, 2004. "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," CEPR Discussion Papers 4489, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- John A., List & Daniel, Sturm, 2006. "How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy," Discussion Papers in Economics 768, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- David N. Figlio, 1995. "The Effect of Retirement On Political Shirking: Evidence From Congressional Voting," Public Finance Review, , vol. 23(2), pages 226-241, April.
- Snyder, James M. & Ting, Michael M., 2003. "Roll Calls, Party Labels, and Elections," Political Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(4), pages 419-444.
- Massimo Bordignon & Tommaso Nannicini & Guido Tabellini, 2016. "Moderating Political Extremism: Single Round versus Runoff Elections under Plurality Rule," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(8), pages 2349-2370, August.
- Gregory A. Huber & Sanford C. Gordon, 2004. "Accountability and Coercion: Is Justice Blind when It Runs for Office?," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 48(2), pages 247-263, April.
- Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky, 2013.
"Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk,"
World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Leonard C MacLean & William T Ziemba (ed.), HANDBOOK OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING Part I, chapter 6, pages 99-127,
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
- Kahneman, Daniel & Tversky, Amos, 1979. "Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 47(2), pages 263-291, March.
- Amos Tversky & Daniel Kahneman, 1979. "Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk," Levine's Working Paper Archive 7656, David K. Levine.
- Stratmann, Thomas, 1992. "The Effects of Logrolling on Congressional Voting," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 82(5), pages 1162-1176, December.
- Alessandra Casella & Thomas Palfrey, 2019. "Trading Votes for Votes. A Dynamic Theory," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 87(2), pages 631-652, March.
- Alesina, Alberto & Rosenthal, Howard, 1989.
"Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy,"
American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 83(2), pages 373-398, June.
- Alberto Alesina & Howard Rosenthal, 1988. "Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy," NBER Working Papers 2706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Rosenthal, Howard & Alesina, Alberto, 1989. "Partisan Cycles in Congressional Elections and the Macroeconomy," Scholarly Articles 4553031, Harvard University Department of Economics.
- McCarty, Nolan & Poole, Keith T. & Rosenthal, Howard, 2001. "The Hunt for Party Discipline in Congress," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 95(3), pages 673-687, September.
- Lott, John R, Jr, 1990. "Attendance Rates, Political Shirking, and the Effect of Post-Elective Office Employment," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 28(1), pages 133-150, January.
- Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 1995.
"Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 110(3), pages 769-798.
- Timothy Besley & Anne Case, 1993. "Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits," NBER Working Papers 4575, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Ebonya L. Washington, 2008. "Female Socialization: How Daughters Affect Their Legislator Fathers," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(1), pages 311-332, March.
- Ray C. Fair, 1996. "Econometrics and Presidential Elections," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 89-102, Summer.
- Anthony Downs, 1957. "An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 65(2), pages 135-135.
- John Ferejohn, 1986. "Incumbent performance and electoral control," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 50(1), pages 5-25, January.
- Robert Barro, 1973. "The control of politicians: An economic model," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 19-42, March.
- Rafael Di Tella & Randy Kotti & Caroline Le Pennec & Vincent Pons, 2023. "Keep your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections," NBER Working Papers 31503, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lott, John R, Jr & Davis, Michael L, 1992. "A Critical Review and an Extension of the Political Shirking Literature," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 74(4), pages 461-484, December.
- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2011.
"Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(4), pages 1274-1311, June.
- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2009. "Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments," NBER Working Papers 14937, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Poole, Keith & Lewis, Jeffrey B. & Lo, James & Carroll, Royce, 2011. "Scaling Roll Call Votes with wnominate in R," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 42(i14).
- Ernesto Dal Bó & Martín A. Rossi, 2011. "Term Length and the Effort of Politicians," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 78(4), pages 1237-1263.
- Matias Iaryczower & Adam Meirowitz & Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma, 2022. "Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability," NBER Working Papers 29966, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Keith Poole, 2007. "Changing minds? Not in Congress!," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 131(3), pages 435-451, June.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2021.
"The Tyranny of the Single-Minded: Guns, Environment, and Abortion,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 103(1), pages 48-59, March.
- Conconi, Paola & Bouton, Laurent & Pino, Francisco & ,, 2018. "The Tyranny of the Single Minded: Guns, Environment, and Abortion," CEPR Discussion Papers 12801, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Francisco J. Pino & Laurent Bouton & Maurizio Zanardi & Paola Conconi, 2021. "The Tyranny of the Single Minded: Guns, Environment, and Abortion," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/300613, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Chauvin, Juan Pablo & Tricaud, Clemence, 2022.
"Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Crisis Response,"
IDB Publications (Working Papers)
12411, Inter-American Development Bank.
- Juan Pablo Chauvin & Clemence Tricaud, 2024. "Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Crisis Response," NBER Working Papers 32410, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Chauvin, Juan Pablo & Tricaud, Clemence, 2023. "Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Crisis Response," CEPR Discussion Papers 17904, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018.
"Guns, Environment, and Abortion: How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians' Decisions,"
Working Papers
wp459, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018. "Guns, Environment, and Abortion: How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians' Decisions," Working Papers 232397092, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018. "Guns, Environment, and Abortion: How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians’ Decisions," Working Papers ECARES 2018-07, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018. "Guns, environment and abortion: how single-minded voters shape politicians decisions," CEP Discussion Papers dp1534, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Bouton, Laurent & Conconi, Paola & Pino, Francisco J & Zanardi, Maurizio, 2018. "Guns, environment and abortion: how single-minded voters shape politicians decisions," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 88685, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018. "Guns, Environment, and Abortion: How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians' Decisions," CESifo Working Paper Series 6963, CESifo.
- Laurent Bouton & Paola Conconi & Francisco Pino & Maurizio Zanardi, 2018. "Guns, Environment, and Abortion: How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians' Decisions," Working Papers gueconwpa~18-18-15, Georgetown University, Department of Economics.
- Ash, Elliott & MacLeod, W. Bentley, 2021.
"Reducing partisanship in judicial elections can improve judge quality: Evidence from U.S. state supreme courts,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
- Elliott Ash & W. Bentley MacLeod, 2016. "Reducing Partisanship in Judicial Elections Can Improve Judge Quality: Evidence from U.S. State Supreme Courts," NBER Working Papers 22071, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Per G. Fredriksson & Le Wang & Patrick L Warren, 2013. "Party Politics, Governors, and Economic Policy," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 80(1), pages 106-126, July.
- S. Borağan Aruoba & Allan Drazen & Razvan Vlaicu, 2019.
"A Structural Model Of Electoral Accountability,"
International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 60(2), pages 517-545, May.
- S. Borağan Aruoba & Allan Drazen & Razvan Vlaicu, 2015. "A Structural Model of Electoral Accountability," NBER Working Papers 21151, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Drazen, Allan & Aruoba, Boragan & Vlaicu, Razvan, 2016. "A Structural Model of Electoral Accountability," CEPR Discussion Papers 11331, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Jon H. Fiva & Oda Nedregård, 2022. "How Does Party Discipline Affect Legislative Behavior? Evidence from Within-Session Variation in Lame Duck Status," CESifo Working Paper Series 9697, CESifo.
- Daniel J. Smith & George R. Crowley & J. Sebastian Leguizamon, 2021. "Long live the doge? Death as a term limit on Venetian chief executives," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 188(3), pages 333-359, September.
- Yasushi Asako, 2015.
"Partially Binding Platforms: Campaign Promises vis-à-vis Cost of Betrayal,"
The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 66(3), pages 322-353, September.
- Yasushi Asako, 2014. "Partially Binding Platforms: Campaign Promises vis-a-vis Cost of Betrayal," Working Papers 1409, Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
- Tsur, Yacov, 2022. "Political tenure, term limits and corruption," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
- Aragonès, Enriqueta & Sánchez-Pagés, Santiago, 2009. "A theory of participatory democracy based on the real case of Porto Alegre," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(1), pages 56-72, January.
- Braendle, Thomas, 2013. "Do Institutions Affect Citizens' Selection into Politics?," Working papers 2013/04, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel.
- Mariana Lopes da Fonseca, 2016. "Candid Lame Ducks," CESifo Working Paper Series 5773, CESifo.
- Alain de Janvry & Frederico Finan & Elisabeth Sadoulet, 2012.
"Local Electoral Incentives and Decentralized Program Performance,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 94(3), pages 672-685, August.
- de Janvry, Alain & Finan, Frederico S. & Sadoulet, Elisabeth, 2010. "Local Electoral Incentives and Decentralized Program Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 5382, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Alain de Janvry & Frederico Finan & Elisabeth Sadoulet, 2010. "Local Electoral Incentives and Decentralized Program Performance," NBER Working Papers 16635, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Eoin F. McGuirk & Nathaniel Hilger & Nicholas Miller, 2023.
"No Kin in the Game: Moral Hazard and War in the US Congress,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 131(9), pages 2370-2401.
- Eoin McGuirk & Nathaniel Hilger & Nicholas Miller, 2017. "No Kin In The Game: Moral Hazard and War in the U.S. Congress," NBER Working Papers 23904, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bernardo P. Schettini & Rafael Terra, 2020. "Electoral incentives and Public Employees’ Retirement Systems in Brazilian municipalities," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 184(1), pages 79-103, July.
- Smart, Michael & Sturm, Daniel M., 2013.
"Term limits and electoral accountability,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 93-102.
- Sturm, Daniel & Smart, Michael, 2004. "Term Limits and Electoral Accountability," CEPR Discussion Papers 4272, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Smart, Michael & Sturm, Daniel M., 2013. "Term limits and electoral accountability," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 46860, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Michael Smart & Daniel M. Sturm, 2006. "Term Limits and Electoral Accountability," CEP Discussion Papers dp0770, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Smart, Michael & Sturm, Daniel M., 2006. "Term limits and electoral accountability," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 19771, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Smart, Michael & Sturm, Daniel, 2004. "Term limits and electoral accountability," Economic History Working Papers 20283, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2011.
"Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(4), pages 1274-1311, June.
- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2009. "Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments," NBER Working Papers 14937, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Hans Gersbach & Oriana Ponta, 2017.
"Unraveling short- and farsightedness in politics,"
Public Choice, Springer, vol. 170(3), pages 289-321, March.
- Hans Gersbach & Oriana Ponta, 2012. "Unraveling Short- and Farsightedness in Politics," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 12/158, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
- Gersbach, Hans & Ponta, Oriana, 2013. "Unraveling Short- and Farsightedness in Politics," CEPR Discussion Papers 9314, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Binswanger, Johannes & Prüfer, Jens, 2012. "Democracy, populism, and (un)bounded rationality," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 358-372.
More about this item
Keywords
Elections; Accountability; Legislator Behavior; Polarization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:120159. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Joachim Winter (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/vfmunde.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.