Congressional Majorities: Factionalization as A Luxury Good

• In Event: Voting and Polarization in the U.S. Congress

Brief Overview

This project stems from the model by Lebo, McGlynn, and Koger (2007). Their model focuses purely on the shift in the marginal benefit curve for the majority party, and I wanted to study a possible shift in the marginal cost curve as well.

Author

• Nathaniel Lambert, University at Buffalo