Measuring Legislators’ Autonomy Using Speech in Standing Committees

• In Event: Analyzing Legislative Communication

Brief Overview

To measure the legislators' autonomy, we utilize an automated text analysis of minutes of standing committees. We analyzed determinants of the level of autonomy and predicted the relationship between autonomy and party defection voting.

Authors

• Sinjae Kang, Yonsei University

• Jungbae An, Yonsei University