Michael Solimine wrote:

A recently published article, Timothy Besley & Anne Case, Political
Institutions and Policy Choices: Evidence from the United States, vol. XLI
Journal of Economic Literature pp.7-73 (March 2003), is a good review and
critique of the literature, from an economic and political science
perspective, of how different institutional arrangements (e.g.,
super-majority requirements; line-item veto; elected v. appointed judges) in
state legislatures and other political bodies affect policy outcomes. Most
of the discussion appears to be at the state, not federal, level.
Michael E. Solimine
Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
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