Organizational Attributes of Legislatures: Structure, Rules, Norms, Resources

RETRACTED: The institutional model of US Supreme Court decision-making

“…The existence of internal norms and regularized procedures that govern decision-making is a standard by which the sophistication of a political organization is often evaluated (Hedlund, 1985). What is more, rules are frequently structured by governmental actors to suit their needs (see, e.g., Cox and McCubbins, 1993;Mayhew, 1974).…”

A Dead Senator Tells No Lies: Seniority and the Distribution of Federal Benefits

“…We are led to believe that institutional choice is governed in part (if not exclusively) by the patterns of collective choice it induces (Bach 1981;Hedlund 1984). The seniority system is the institution chosen (with notable exceptions) to allocate committee chairs.6 As such it is deserving of consideration as an instrument of policy.…”

Explaining the Diffusion of Web-Based Communication Technology among Congressional Offices: A Natural Experiment using State Delegations

“…Within the U.S. House of Representatives, congressional offices are 440 (including nonvoting delegates) small, functionally identical, public organizations with a set of policy and procedural outputs (Hedlund, 1984;Salisbury and Shepsle, 1981). This enables a large N statistical study of innovation adoption.…”