Shaping Appropriations: Legislative Ability and Budgetary Success
Published online on July 01, 2026
Abstract
Political Research Quarterly, Ahead of Print.
In recent years, scholars have grown increasingly attentive to the uneven impacts that individual legislators exert on policy outcomes. These differences may reflect both lawmakers’ intrinsic abilities and the institutional levers at their disposal (e.g., ...
In recent years, scholars have grown increasingly attentive to the uneven impacts that individual legislators exert on policy outcomes. These differences may reflect both lawmakers’ intrinsic abilities and the institutional levers at their disposal (e.g., ...