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Legislative Path Dependence

Legislative Path Dependence is a theoretical framework in political science that explains how prior legislative decisions and institutional choices constrain and shape subsequent policy developments and career trajectories within legislative bodies by establishing self-reinforcing mechanisms that resist change.

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1.8K

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28

Authors

17

Institutions

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

20

Structure-induced equilibrium and legislative choice

Kenneth A. Shepsle, Barry R. Weingast · Public Choice · 1981 · 793 citations

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The Authoritarian Resurgence: Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela

Journal of democracy · 2015 · 233 citations

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Path dependency and the CAP

Adrian Kay · Journal of European Public Policy · 2003 · 181 citations

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Political Ambition and Legislative Behavior in the European Parliament

Stephen A. Meserve, Daniel Pemstein, William Bernhard · The Journal of Politics · 2009 · 92 citations

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European Corporate Laws, Regulatory Competition and Path Dependence

Klaus Heine, Wolfgang Kerber · European Journal of Law and Economics · 2002 · 91 citations

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Authors

28

  1. WK
    Wolfgang Kerber

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    2 publications · 115 citations

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  2. KH
    Klaus Heine

    University of Regensburg, Germany

    2 publications · 115 citations

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  3. KA
    Kenneth A. Shepsle

    Harvard University Press, United States

    1 publications · 793 citations

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  4. PJ
    Petr Jüptner

    Charles University, Czechia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. OA
    Oona A. Hathaway

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    276 citations

  3. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  7. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  8. University of Trnava

    Trnava, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. European Environment

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  2. Politics in Central Europe

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. Public Choice

    1 publications · 793 citations

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  4. Journal of democracy

    1 publications · 233 citations

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  5. International Journal of Public Administration

    IJPA · 1 publications · 33 citations

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