This review of the theoretical literature on legislative and multilateral bargaining begins with
presentation of the seminal Baron-Ferejohn model. The review then encompasses the …

This article summarizes the content of four classic articles on budgeting that have appeared
in Public Administration Review, outlines some of the major changes in budgeting that have …

Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why?
In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underappreciated reason …

Increasing ideological polarization and dysfunction in Congress raise questions about
whether and how Congress remains capable of constraining the activities of other actors in …

Scholars, practitioners, and observers typically portray committee influence as rooted in
traditional congressional processes and practices, which are thought to provide committees …

Many institutions—including American federal bureaucracies and legislatures world-wide—
are characterized by one set of actors who possess the right to determine which policies will …

Despite the compelling theoretical prediction that divided government decreases legislative
performance, the empirical literature has struggled to identify a causal effect. We suspect …

A common feature of democratic politics is that the opposition may sabotage the
implementation of policies put forth by the incumbent party. This paper presents a theoretical …

Recent political developments worldwide have focused attention on the fraying of political
norms, often understood as informal restraints on opportunistic behavior. We present a …

Many theories of democracy point out that voters make their choices based on two goals: the
retrospective assessment of incumbents and the prospective choice between incumbents …