The Electoral Effects of House Committee Assignments

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Previous articleNext article No AccessResearch NotesThe Electoral Effects of House Committee AssignmentsLinda L. Fowler, Scott R. Douglass, and Wesley D. Clark, Jr.Linda L. Fowler Search for more articles by this author , Scott R. Douglass Search for more articles by this author , and Wesley D. Clark, Jr. Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Politics Volume 42, Number 1Feb., 1980 Sponsored by the Southern Political Science Association Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2130030 Views: 13Total views on this site Citations: 18Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 Southern Political Science AssociationPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Josh M. Ryan The Partisanship of House Committees and Member Self‐Selection, Legislative Studies Quarterly 46, no.44 (Oct 2020): 995–1029.https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12313Thomas Däubler, Thomas Bräuninger, Martin Brunner Is Personal Vote-Seeking Behavior Effective?, Legislative Studies Quarterly 41, no.22 (Apr 2016): 419–444.https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12119David E. Broockman, Daniel M. Butler Do Better Committee Assignments Meaningfully Benefit Legislators? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Arkansas State Legislature, Journal of Experimental Political Science 2, no.22 (Mar 2015): 152–163.https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2014.30Andrew R. Lewis S taffing the F ront L ines of the C ulture War : C onstituency R eligious E ffects on A ssignment to the S enate J udiciary C ommittee, Congress & the Presidency 41, no.22 (May 2014): 167–189.https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2014.896056David E. Broockman, Daniel M. Butler How Do Committee Assignments Facilitate Majority Party Power? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Arkansas State Legislature, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2012).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2130697Joseph P. McGarrity The committee assignment process as an optimal contracting problem, Public Choice 128, no.3-43-4 (Apr 2006): 433–455.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-005-9009-5GERARD PADRÓ I MIQUEL, JAMES M. SNYDER Legislative Effectiveness and Legislative Careers, Legislative Studies Quarterly 31, no.33 (Jan 2011): 347–381.https://doi.org/10.3162/036298006X201841Tracy Sulkin Issue Politics in Congress, 71 (Jan 2010).https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616013Joseph P. McGarrity Macroeconomic conditions and committee re-election rates, Public Choice 124, no.3-43-4 (Sep 2005): 453–480.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-005-3471-yGerard Padró i Miquel, James M. Snyder Legislative Effectiveness and Legislative Life, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2004).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.576406 By Jeffrey Milyo Electoral and Financial Effects of Changes in Committee Power: The Gramm‐Rudman‐Hollings Budget Reform, The Tax Reform Act of 1986, and the Money Committees in the House Milyo, The Journal of Law and Economics 40, no.11 (Jul 2015): 93–112.https://doi.org/10.1086/467367Spencer F. Tinkham, Ruth Ann Weaver‐Lariscy Incumbency and its perceived advantage: A comparison of 1982 and 1990 congressional advertising strategies, Political Communication 12, no.33 (May 2010): 291–304.https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.1995.9963075Keith Krehbiel Are Congressional Committees Composed of Preference Outliers?, The American Political Science Review 84, no.11 (Mar 1990): 149.https://doi.org/10.2307/1963634 John C. McAdams , and John R. Johannes Congressmen, Perquisites, and Elections, The Journal of Politics 50, no.22 (Oct 2015): 412–439.https://doi.org/10.2307/2131801 J. David Gopoian , and Darrell M. West Trading Security for Seats: Strategic Considerations in the Redistricting Process, The Journal of Politics 46, no.44 (Oct 2015): 1080–1096.https://doi.org/10.2307/2131243 Timothy E. Cook The Policy Impact of the Committee Assignment Process in the House, The Journal of Politics 45, no.44 (Oct 2015): 1027–1036.https://doi.org/10.2307/2130424Steven S. Smith, Bruce A. Ray The Impact of Congressional Reform: House Democratic Committee Assignments, Congress & the Presidency 10, no.22 (Mar 2010): 219–240.https://doi.org/10.1080/07343468309508018James E. Campbell The Return of the Incumbents: the Nature of the Incumbency Advantage, Western Political Quarterly 36, no.33 (Sep 2016): 434–444.https://doi.org/10.1177/106591298303600309