THE IDEOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF SENATE VOTING - DIFFERENT PRINCIPLES OR DIFFERENT PRINCIPALS

被引：12

作者：

FORT, R ^{[1
]}

HALLAGAN, W ^{[1
]}

MORONG, C ^{[1
]}

STEGNER, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ARKANSAS COLL,DEPT ECON,BATESVILLE,AR 72503

来源：

PUBLIC CHOICE | 1993年 / 76卷 / 1-2期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF01049342

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Evidence exists on both sides of the question of whether or not legislator-specific, ideologically-driven shirking of constituent interest occurs. In this paper, we use a well-known model of such shirking by senators as our point of departure and add measures of inter-state constituent interests, the role of campaign contributions and, hence, the importance of whether or not senators are up for reelection. We find some evidence that the model provides a stronger explanation for senators up for reelection than for those who are not and that campaign contributions help determine voting decisions by these legislators. Finally, accounting for inter-state constituent interests, shirking is not a significant variable in the voting decisions of senators facing reelection. Thus, it appears that the reelection interests of some senators have been mistaken for ideologically-driven shirking.

引用

页码：39 / 57

页数：19

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[Anonymous], 1973, CONGRESSMEN COMMITTE

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