Legislative Responsiveness under Closed List Proportional Representation

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Brief Overview

This article examines legislative responsiveness under closed list proportional representation in the Argentine Congress. We show that constituents can influence the legislators’ political choices.

Authors

• Eduardo Aleman, University of Houston

• Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

• Pablo Martin Pinto, University of Houston

• Sebastian M. Saiegh, University of California-San Diego