Term Lengths and Legislative Performance: Evidence from India

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Brief Overview

Democratically elected representatives conduct a variety of activities while they are in office. However, some representatives simply ‘do more’. One open question is whether term lengths can affect parliamentary performance and in what contexts.

Authors

• Saloni Bhogale, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Madhav Malhotra, Columbia University

• Tanya Sethi

• Sarthak Agarwal