We analyze the effect of different legislature size on the number of laws enacted in Italian regions and the relationship between regional public expenditure and laws. According to the theory, legislature size has an indefinite effect on these variables because logrolling and transaction costs may have canceling effects. We find a significantly negative effect of the number of legislators on laws. We also uncover a strong political-cycle effect, which increases legislation in voting years. We use these findings to forecast the effects of the increase in the number of legislators that is taking place in most regions

Laws and Legislature Size in Italian Regions: Which Will Be the Effect of an Increase in the Number of Legislators?

Ricciuti, Roberto
2008-01-01

Abstract

We analyze the effect of different legislature size on the number of laws enacted in Italian regions and the relationship between regional public expenditure and laws. According to the theory, legislature size has an indefinite effect on these variables because logrolling and transaction costs may have canceling effects. We find a significantly negative effect of the number of legislators on laws. We also uncover a strong political-cycle effect, which increases legislation in voting years. We use these findings to forecast the effects of the increase in the number of legislators that is taking place in most regions
2008
978-0-387-72140-8
Logrolling
Legislature size
Law production
Italy
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Chapter 5.pdf

solo utenti autorizzati

Tipologia: Documento in Pre-print
Licenza: Accesso ristretto
Dimensione 130.24 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
130.24 kB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri   Richiedi una copia

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11562/1001466
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 1
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact