Legislative Studies Quarterly

Papers
(The median citation count of Legislative Studies Quarterly is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
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Pink‐Collar Representation and Budgetary Outcomes in US States32
Dynamics of Polarizing Rhetoric in Congressional Tweets14
Partisan Competition and the Decline in Legislative Capacity among Congressional Offices11
On Whose Door to Knock? Organized Interests’ Strategic Pursuit of Access to Members of Congress11
Problem Solving and the Demand for Expert Information in Congress9
Issue Engagement Across Members of Parliament: The Role of Issue Specialization and Party Leadership9
Online Activism and Dyadic Representation: Evidence from the UK E‐Petition System9
Bureaucrats as Lawmakers9
Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas9
Responsiveness and Democratic Accountability: Observational Evidence from an Experiment in a Mixed‐Member Proportional System9
The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government Behavior8
Small in Size but Powerful in Parliament? The Legislative Performance of Minority Governments8
Out‐of‐District Donors and Representation in the US House7
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Impacts of President Trump’s Midterm Endorsements7
Reconsidering the Electoral Connection of Speeches: The Impact of Electoral Vulnerability on Legislative Speechmaking in a Preferential Voting System6
No Experience Required: Early Donations and Amateur Candidate Success in Primary Elections6
Party Strategy, Candidate Selection, and Legislative Behavior in Mexico6
Politicians and Scandals that Damage the Party Brand6
Attention to the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Twitter: Partisan Differences Among U.S. State Legislators6
Measuring Congressional Partisanship and Its Consequences5
Constituency Size and Evaluations of Government5
Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789–19495
Are Subnational Policymakers' Policy Preferences Nationalized? Evidence from Surveys of Township, Municipal, County, and State Officials5
Are Women Less Effective at Passing Bills? Exploring the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender5
Behavioral Consequences of Open Candidate Recruitment5
Distinctive Voices: Political Speech, Rhetoric, and the Substantive Representation of Women in European Parliaments5
Party Government and Political Information5
The Effects of High‐Information Environments on Legislative Behavior in the US House of Representatives4
Is Incumbency Advantage Gendered?4
The Private Interests of Public Officials: Financial Regulation in the US Congress4
Violence among State House Candidates during the COVID‐19 Pandemic4
Nonelectoral Motivations to Represent Marginalized Groups in a Democracy: Evidence from an Unelected Legislature4
Who Represents the Constituency? Online Political Communication by Members of Parliament in the German Mixed‐Member Electoral System4
The Structure of Appointment Politics: Consistency or Change?4
Heeding to the Losers: Legislators' Trade‐Policy Preferences and Legislative Behavior3
Legislative Capacity in Germany's Parliaments3
The Advantage of Incumbents in Coalitional Bargaining3
Changes in the Rules of the Lawmaking Process and the Success of Presidential Bills: Chile, 1990–20183
Majority Party Strategy and Suspension of the Rules in the House3
Does Electing Women Reduce Corruption? A Regression Discontinuity Approach3
Shirking and Slacking in Parliament3
The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity3
Policy Monitoring and Ministerial Survival: Evidence from Multiparty Presidentialism3
Government Type and Public Spending in Africa2
Geographical Representation Under a Single Nationwide District: The Case of the Netherlands2
Parliaments Day‐by‐Day: A New Open Source Database to Answer the Question of Who Was in What Parliament, Party, and Party‐group, and When2
Model Bills, State Imitation, and the Political Safeguards of Federalism2
Interpersonal Relationships and Legislative Collaboration in Congress2
Information Valence and Evaluations of Congress and Individual Legislators: Experimental Evidence Regarding Negativity Bias in Politics2
Rules and the Containment of Conflict in Congress2
Getting Tough on China: Are Campaign Ads a Signal of Future Policy or Just Cheap Talk?2
The Policy Substance of Legislative Ideology2
A Good Partisan? Ideology, Loyalty, and Public Evaluations of Members of Congress2
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database2
Do Politicians Ethnically Discriminate Against Hispanics? Evidence from a Field Experiment with State Legislative Offices2
Transaction Costs and Congressional Careers: The Effect of Flight Availability on Retirement Decisions2
How to Cautiously Uncover the “Black Box” of Machine Learning Models for Legislative Scholars1
Unilateral Inaction: Congressional Gridlock, Interbranch Conflict, and Public Evaluations of Executive Power1
The Election of African American State Legislators in the Modern South1
The (Financial) Ties That Bind: Social Networks of Intraparty Caucuses1
Candidate Extremism and Voter Roll‐Off in US House Elections1
Still “the Domain of Men?” Gender Quotas and Women's Inclusion in Local Politics in Italy1
Resignation as Promotion? Executive Turnover and Early Departures in the Argentine Congress, 1983–20171
The Partisanship of House Committees and Member Self‐Selection1
Partisanship and the Effectiveness of Personal Vote Seeking1
When Do Interest Groups Lobby Legislators in Strong Presidential Systems?1
A Clarity Model of District Representation: District Magnitude and Pork Priorities1
Democratic Party Control Reduces Gender Inequality1
It Takes a Coalition: The Community Impacts of Collaboration1
Legislative Constraints, Ideological Conflict, and the Timing of Executive Unilateralism1
Foxes and Hedgehogs in Legislatures: Why Do Some MPs Become Policy Specialists and Others Generalists?1
Bureaucratic Responsiveness under Dynamic Political Settings: Experimental Evidence from Local Governments1
Talking to the Populist Radical Right: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Debates1
Who Runs for Higher Office? Electoral Institutions and Level‐Hopping Attempts in Germany's State Legislatures1
Trade Competitiveness, Constituency Interests, and Legislators' Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements1
The Politics of Select Committee Assignments in the British House of Commons1
Congressional Bargaining and the Distribution of Grants1
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Legislative Scholars Should Study Extralegislative Outcomes1
Issue Competition in Parliamentary Speeches? A Computer‐based Content Analysis of Legislative Debates in the Austrian Nationalrat1
The Party Personnel Datasets: Advancing Comparative Research in Party Behavior and Legislative Organization Across Electoral Systems1
A Direct Test of Legislative Gatekeeping1
How Politicians Downplay Lower‐Educated Citizens' Opinions1
Driving Legislators' Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes1
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Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens0
Buying Amendments? Lobbyists' Campaign Contributions and Microlegislation in the Creation of the Affordable Care Act0
How Filibuster Rhetoric Informs Perceptions of Politicians0
Richard F. Fenno, In Memoriam0
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Lesser of Two Evils: Allocating Resources to Opposition Districts in Pakistan0
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Effects of Increased Transparency on Political Divides and MP Behavior: Evidence from Televised Question Hours in the Finnish Parliament0
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures0
Majority Party Agenda Setting: Picking Fights or Avoiding Them?0
Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization0
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Information and Confrontation in Legislative Oversight0
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Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance0
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Engaged Hawks and Quiet Doves: Introducing the National Defense Engagement Index0
The Development of Representation in American Political Institutions0
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Do Voters Know Enough to Punish Out‐of‐Step Congressional Candidates?0
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Black Trust in US Legislatures0
Competence in the Eye of the Electorate: Appearance, Incumbency, and Vote Shares0
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Coalition Governance under Separation of Powers: Shadowing by Committee in Coalitional Presidentialism0
Political Uncertainty and the Vote‐of‐Confidence Procedure0
Strategic Delegation? How Legislative Political Elites Respond to Electoral Uncertainty0
Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism0
Conducting Interview Projects in the US Congress: Analyzing the Methods of Experts in the Field0
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Talking Like Opposition Parties? Electoral Proximity and Language Styles Employed by Coalition Partners in a Mixed Member Majoritarian System0
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Vote Switching in Multiparty Presidential Systems: Evidence from the Argentine Chamber of Deputies0
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Strategic Behavior in State Multimember Districts: Does Fielding One Candidate offer a Notable Advantage?0
Legislative Pensions and Re‐election Seeking: Evidence from Canadian Legislatures0
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State Policy and National Representation: Marijuana Politics in American Federalism0
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How Do General Election Incentives Affect the Visible and Invisible Primary?0
The Promise and Peril of Constituent Interactions: The Determinants of Town Hall Participation Among Members of Congress0
The Last Shall Be Last: Ethnic, Racial, and Nativist Bias in Distributive Politics0
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Closing the Gap: An Analysis of Women's Representation in State Legislatures and the Gender Pay Gap0
Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering0
Temporal Strategies: Governments Alter the Pace of Legislation in Bicameralism Depending on Electoral Expectations0
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What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures0
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Loyal Activists? Party Socialization and Dissenting Voting Behavior in Parliament0
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Parliamentary Control of the Executive and the Duration of Government Formation0
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Recorded votes as attention booster: How opposition parties use roll calls and nonrecorded votes for position taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–210
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Polarization and Place‐Based Representation in US State Legislatures0
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Constituency Focus in Party‐Centered Systems: How Individual, Party, and District‐Level Factors Shape Parliamentary Questions in South Africa0
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In the Eyes of the Beholder? Understanding Policymakers' Perceptions of Corruption0
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Reconciling Candidate Extremism and Spatial Voting0
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform0
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Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures0
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Experimental Evidence of the Benefits and Risks of Credit Claiming and Pork Busting0
Take (Her) to the Limit: Term Limits do Not Diminish Women's Overperformance in Legislative Office0
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments0
Partisan Governance and Minority Party Vetoes: Evidence from State Legislatures0
When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea0
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