Abstract
I estimate the impact of Nebraska's 1937 switch from a to a unicameral legislature on state-level government spending. Using the synthetic control method I create a counterfactual from a weighted-average of other potential control states and compare this bicameral Nebraska to the real Nebraska. Compared to the counterfactual, experienced an initial decrease in expenditures per capita following the change in legislative structure. However, placebo tests show that this decrease in spending cannot be unambiguously attributed to the new unicameral legislature. Other reasons for the decrease in spending cannot be ruled out.
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