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Committee Powers

Committee Powers is a formal academic concept denoting the specific legal, procedural, and decision-making authorities granted to a committee within an organizational or governance structure, distinguishing it from general administrative functions by its delegated capacity to oversee, evaluate, and influence policy, personnel, or institutional outcomes.

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The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power

Kenneth A. Shepsle, Barry R. Weingast · American Political Science Review · 1987 · 822 citations

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Gatekeeping and Monopoly Power of Committees: An Analysis of Sincere and Sophisticated Behavior

Arthur T. Denzau, Robert J. MacKay · American Journal of Political Science · 1983 · 275 citations

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Why are Congressional Committees Powerful?

Keith Krehbiel, Kenneth A. Shepsle, Barry R. Weingast · American Political Science Review · 1987 · 251 citations

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Parliamentary committees in european democracies

Journal of Legislative Studies · 1998 · 155 citations

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The Committee System: Powers, Appointments and Report Allocation*

Virginie Mamadouh, Tapio Raunio · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies · 2003 · 154 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KK
    Keith Krehbiel

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 439 citations

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  2. RR
    Rob Roy McGregor

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  3. HW
    Henry W. Chappell

    University of South Carolina, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  4. TA
    Todd A. Vermilyea

    Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  5. KA
    Kenneth A. Shepsle

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  5. Yahoo (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    224 citations

  7. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

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  1. Journal of Legislative Studies

    JLS · 5 publications · 125 citations

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  2. American Political Science Review

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Public Choice

    4 publications · 120 citations

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  4. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 3 publications · 457 citations

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  5. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    3 publications · 87 citations

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