Counting the Days of the `Sometimes Governments'

• In Event: Timing and Tactics in State Legislatures

Brief Overview

The length of time in session has been seen as a defining characteristic American state legislatures for over 50 years. Here we evaluate how well a count of days in session proxies various dimensions of time of interest to legislative scholars.

Authors

• Daniel Bowen, The College of New Jersey

• Zachary David Greene, University of Strathclyde