Formal Comparisons of Legislative Institutions: Ideal Points from Brazilian Legislatures
Brazilian Political Science Review
Endereço:
Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 315 - Cidade Universitária
São Paulo / SP
Site: https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/
Telefone: (11) 3091-3780
ISSN: 19813821
Editor Chefe: Adrian Gurza Lavalle
Início Publicação: 31/12/2006
Periodicidade: Quadrimestral
Área de Estudo: Ciência política
Formal Comparisons of Legislative Institutions: Ideal Points from Brazilian Legislatures
Ano: 2017 | Volume: 11 | Número: 1
Autores: Robert Myles McDonnell
Autor Correspondente: Robert Myles McDonnell | [email protected]
Autor Correspondente: Robert Myles McDonnell | [email protected]
Palavras-chave: Ideal points, legislative voting;, Bayesian item-response, Federal Senate, Chamber of Deputies
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Resumo Inglês:
As the popularity of formal analyses of legislative activity in Latin America grows, so does the importance of understanding the limits of the estimates produced by such analyses and the methodological adaptations necessary when using these measures to make formal comparisons. This research note details the considerations involved and demonstrates their significance with an empirical example using the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. This empirical analysis leads to conclusions that are the opposite of those in the literature, suggesting that such formal comparisons across institutions need to be made with care.
