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- Influence
Congressional Oversight Over-looked: Police Patrol versus Fire Alarms
- Mathew D. McCubbins, Thomas Schwartz
- Political Science, Engineering
- 1 February 1984
Scholars have often remarked that Congress neglects its oversight responsibility. We argue that Congress does no such thing: what appears to be a neglect of oversight really is the rational… Expand
Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House
- Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Political Science
- 1993
This book provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Reevaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary Cox and Mathew… Expand
Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game
- Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Economics
- The Journal of Politics
- 1 May 1986
Spatial models of electoral competition typically simplify the analysis by ignoring the question of internal constituency politics: constituencies are modeled simply as a distribution of ideal points… Expand
Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control
- Mathew D. McCubbins, R. Noll, B. Weingast
- Political Science
- 1 October 1987
Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives
- Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Political Science
- 12 September 2005
1. Introduction Part I. Why Party Government?: 2. Procedural Cartel theory Part II. Negative Agenda Power: 3. Cartel agenda model vs. floor agenda model 4. The primacy of Reed's rules in house… Expand
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The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process
- D. R. Kiewiet, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Political Science
- 18 June 1991
Why do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to others internally to standing committees and subcommittees within… Expand
A Theory of Political Control and Agency Discretion
- R. Calvert, Mathew D. McCubbins, B. Weingast
- Political Science
- 1 August 1989
Focuses on the theory of political control and government agency discretion in the United States. Process of policy execution; Definition of agency discretion; Roles of players in determination of… Expand
Political Structure and Economic Policy: The Institutional Determinants of Policy Outcomes
- Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Political Science
- 28 August 2007
The institutions that define the sequence of delegations that democracy entails have systematic effects on public policy. Democratic states that systematically provide public goods are typically seen… Expand
Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriations Decisions
- D. R. Kiewiet, Mathew D. McCubbins
- Political Science
- 1 August 1988
We investigate the extent to which possession of the veto allows the president to influence congressional decisions regarding regular annual appropriations legislation. The most important implication… Expand
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