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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Social media versus surveys: A new scalable approach to understanding legislators' discourse19
Out‐of‐District Donors and Representation in the US House15
Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits11
Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering11
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Politicians and Scandals that Damage the Party Brand10
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Do Voters Know Enough to Punish Out‐of‐Step Congressional Candidates?7
Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance6
Strategic Behavior in State Multimember Districts: Does Fielding One Candidate offer a Notable Advantage?6
Effects of Increased Transparency on Political Divides and MP Behavior: Evidence from Televised Question Hours in the Finnish Parliament6
Incentivizing anticorruption reform: Evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican subnational legislatures5
Personality and political representation—How personality traits shape MPs' attitudes toward gender equality5
Ends versus means? Ideology and support for repeals in the mass public5
The Last Shall Be Last: Ethnic, Racial, and Nativist Bias in Distributive Politics5
Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 1404
A place to speak and be heard? Parliamentary speech and media attention in Estonia, 2011–20194
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Congressional town halls4
Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls4
The origins of centralized agenda control at Westminster: Consensus or controversy?4
Model Bills, State Imitation, and the Political Safeguards of Federalism3
The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection3
Bicameralism Hinges on Legislative Professionalism3
Is Incumbency Advantage Gendered?3
Congressional Bargaining and the Distribution of Grants3
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No Experience Required: Early Donations and Amateur Candidate Success in Primary Elections3
State Policy and National Representation: Marijuana Politics in American Federalism3
Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens2
Constituency Size and Evaluations of Government2
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Can legislative majorities shape budgets? A comparative analysis of presidential systems in Latin America2
Policy Monitoring and Ministerial Survival: Evidence from Multiparty Presidentialism2
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act2
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How to Cautiously Uncover the “Black Box” of Machine Learning Models for Legislative Scholars2
Physicians in congress: Professional backgrounds and legislative effectiveness2
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Information and Confrontation in Legislative Oversight2
The Advantage of Incumbents in Coalitional Bargaining1
Talking Like Opposition Parties? Electoral Proximity and Language Styles Employed by Coalition Partners in a Mixed Member Majoritarian System1
Closer to the people? Determinants of citizen–MP contact in Africa1
Who Represents the Constituency? Online Political Communication by Members of Parliament in the German Mixed‐Member Electoral System1
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Violence among State House Candidates during the COVID‐19 Pandemic1
How Filibuster Rhetoric Informs Perceptions of Politicians1
Recorded Votes as Attention Booster: How Opposition Parties use Roll Calls and Nonrecorded Votes for Position Taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–211
Majority Party Agenda Setting: Picking Fights or Avoiding Them?1
Who gets to speak for the party? How parliamentary party groups select spokespersons1
Dynamics of Polarizing Rhetoric in Congressional Tweets1
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Unilateral Inaction: Congressional Gridlock, Interbranch Conflict, and Public Evaluations of Executive Power1
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‘No es la democracia que míster superman quiere imponernos desde Washington’: An analysis of populist attitudes on democracy from Latin American legislators1
Does Electing Women Reduce Corruption? A Regression Discontinuity Approach1
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Closing the Gap: An Analysis of Women's Representation in State Legislatures and the Gender Pay Gap1
Take (Her) to the Limit: Term Limits do Not Diminish Women's Overperformance in Legislative Office1
Legislating landlords: Private interests, issue emphasis, and policy positions0
Candidate Extremism and Voter Roll‐Off in US House Elections0
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When Do Interest Groups Lobby Legislators in Strong Presidential Systems?0
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures0
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Partisan Governance and Minority Party Vetoes: Evidence from State Legislatures0
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Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization0
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Experimental Evidence of the Benefits and Risks of Credit Claiming and Pork Busting0
Constituency Focus in Party‐Centered Systems: How Individual, Party, and District‐Level Factors Shape Parliamentary Questions in South Africa0
Buying Amendments? Lobbyists' Campaign Contributions and Microlegislation in the Creation of the Affordable Care Act0
Black Trust inUSLegislatures0
Still “the Domain of Men?” Gender Quotas and Women's Inclusion in Local Politics in Italy0
The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions0
The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity0
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“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority0
Parliamentary Control of the Executive and the Duration of Government Formation0
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Coalition Governance under Separation of Powers: Shadowing by Committee in Coalitional Presidentialism0
Changes in the Rules of the Lawmaking Process and the Success of Presidential Bills: Chile, 1990–20180
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Are Subnational Policymakers' Policy Preferences Nationalized? Evidence from Surveys of Township, Municipal, County, and State Officials0
Trade Competitiveness, Constituency Interests, and Legislators' Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements0
Foxes and Hedgehogs in Legislatures: Why Do Some MPs Become Policy Specialists and Others Generalists?0
Responsive rhetoric: Evidence from congressional redistricting0
In the Eyes of the Beholder? Understanding Policymakers' Perceptions of Corruption0
Parliaments Day‐by‐Day: A New Open Source Database to Answer the Question of Who Was in What Parliament, Party, and Party‐group, and When0
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The foundational effects of gender: Exploring Latin American Elites’ perceptions of corruption0
Rules and the Containment of Conflict in Congress0
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Policy Content of Legislative Vetoes and Success of Presidential Activism Under Semi‐Presidentialism0
Engaged Hawks and Quiet Doves: Introducing the National Defense Engagement Index0
Lesser of Two Evils: Allocating Resources to Opposition Districts in Pakistan0
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Legislative Capacity in Germany's Parliaments0
How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators0
Conducting Interview Projects in the US Congress: Analyzing the Methods of Experts in the Field0
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Interpersonal Relationships and Legislative Collaboration in Congress0
Loyal Activists? Party Socialization and Dissenting Voting Behavior in Parliament0
Analyzing gender gaps in bicameral legislatures: How asymmetrical institutions affect the supply and demand for female candidates0
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Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy‐making networks0
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database0
CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia0
Talking to the Populist Radical Right: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Debates0
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Resignation as Promotion? Executive Turnover and Early Departures in the Argentine Congress, 1983–20170
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The Promise and Peril of Constituent Interactions: The Determinants of Town Hall Participation Among Members of Congress0
Maybe later: Term limits and strategy behind candidate entry0
Driving Legislators' Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes0
Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas0
What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures0
Who Runs for Higher Office? Electoral Institutions and Level‐Hopping Attempts in Germany's State Legislatures0
Already Gone: Retaining Women in State Legislatures0
Geographical Representation Under a Single Nationwide District: The Case of the Netherlands0
The Separation of Powers and Policymaking in the US States0
The (Financial) Ties That Bind: Social Networks of Intraparty Caucuses0
Transaction Costs and Congressional Careers: The Effect of Flight Availability on Retirement Decisions0
A Good Partisan? Ideology, Loyalty, and Public Evaluations of Members of Congress0
Distinctive Voices: Political Speech, Rhetoric, and the Substantive Representation of Women in European Parliaments0
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Redefining “expansion” in congressional communication: Homestyles for a digital constituency0
How Do General Election Incentives Affect the Visible and Invisible Primary?0
The logic of ambitious legislators in fluid party systems0
How Politicians Downplay Lower‐Educated Citizens' Opinions0
Historically marginalized groups and ideological representation in legislatures0
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Heeding to the Losers: Legislators' Trade‐Policy Preferences and Legislative Behavior0
Competence in the Eye of the Electorate: Appearance, Incumbency, and Vote Shares0
Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress0
Bureaucratic Responsiveness under Dynamic Political Settings: Experimental Evidence from Local Governments0
Polarization and Place‐Based Representation in US State Legislatures0
Geographic representation and requests for federal funds in the U.S. senate0
Attention to the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Twitter: Partisan Differences Among U.S. State Legislators0
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Descriptive representation on K street: Race and gender among federal lobbyists0
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments0
Issue Competition in Parliamentary Speeches? A Computer‐based Content Analysis of Legislative Debates in the Austrian Nationalrat0
When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea0
Line‐item vetoes as a coordination mechanism0
The Party Personnel Datasets: Advancing Comparative Research in Party Behavior and Legislative Organization Across Electoral Systems0
Institutional opportunism: How electoral fortunes shape preferences for power‐sharing institutions in Latin America0
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform0
Misogyny, politics, and social media determinants of hostile engagement against women parliamentarians on Twitter0
The Political Economy of High‐Skilled Immigration: Analyzing (Co)Sponsorship on High‐Skilled Immigration Bills in the U.S. Congress0
Legislative Pensions and Re‐election Seeking: Evidence from Canadian Legislatures0
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