Abstract Washington's" revolving door"-the movement from government service into the
lobbying industry-is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex …

Ten of the 15 seats on the UN Security Council are held by rotating members serving two-
year terms. We find that a country's US aid increases by 59 percent and its UN aid by 8 …

We test the hypothesis that universities are more productive when they are both more
autonomous and face more competition. Using survey data, we construct indices of …

Should countries or regions (generically," states") invest more in education to promote
economic growth? Policy makers often assert that if their state spends more on educating its …

Abstract Washington's “revolving door”––the movement from government service into the
lobbying industry––is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex …

Just like members of the House, US senators vary in how effective they are at lawmaking.
We create Legislative Effectiveness Scores for each senator in each of the 93rd–113th …

The current polarization of elites in the US, particularly in Congress, is frequently ascribed to
the emergence of cohorts of ideologically extreme legislators replacing moderate ones …

We show how preferred committee assignments act as an electoral subsidy for members of
Congress—empowering representatives' legislative careers. When holding preferred …

An essential responsibility of the US Congress is holding the president accountable for the
conduct of foreign policy. In this in-depth look at formal oversight hearings by the Senate …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the
contemporary US Congress. How this came to be, and how the majority party in the House …