Strategic Position Taking and the Timing of Voting Decisions in Congress

这个项目通过研究众议员在美国参众两院做出选择的时机来调查在立法议会中的战略地位。这项研究之所以重要，有三个原因：它增加了有关决策背景和顺序的信息；它更接近成员的战略考虑；过程成为分析的重点，而不是最终结果。对立法者投票选择时机的研究应该为立法者的战略行为、对成员的制度约束以及利益集团影响策略等理论问题提供洞察。该项目研究了五个案例，包括美国国会对北美自由贸易协定的投票。北美自由贸易协定被称为“自柏林墙倒塌以来国会山最重要的投票”。该项目还有一个重要的方法部分。它将开发和应用一个分离的人口危险模型。这一模型将允许研究人员分别估计投票选择的决定因素和投票选择时机的决定因素的影响。***

SBR - 9515075 Box-Steffensmeier This project investigates strategic position taking in legislative assemblies by studying the timing of choices that representatives make in the U.S. Senate and House. This study is important for three reasons: it adds information on the context and sequence of decision making; it more closely approximates members' strategic considerations; and the process becomes the focus of analysis rather than the final result. Research into the timing of legislator vote choices should provide insight into theoretical questions on the strategic behavior of legislators, institutional constraints on members, and strategies of interest group influence. The project examines five case studies including the congressional vote on NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement called "the most important vote on Capitol Hill since the Berlin Wall came down". The project also has an important methodological component. It will develop and apply a split population hazards model. This model will allow researchers to estimate separately the effects of the determinants of vote choice from the determinants of the timing of vote choice. * * *