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Upper Chamber

Upper Chamber is a legislative body within a bicameral legislature that is distinguished from the lower chamber by its more restricted membership, enhanced powers in specific domains, and often longer terms or indirect election methods.

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115

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52

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2017–2026

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Publications

43

The Sizes of Legislatures

George J. Stigler · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1976 · 111 citations

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Sublimation in a Wilson chamber

B. M. Cwilong · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1947 · 83 citations

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Influence without Confidence: Upper Chambers and Government Formation

James Druckman, Lanny W. Martin, Michael Thies · Legislative Studies Quarterly · 2005 · 70 citations · Full text

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The Law of <i>k</i>/<i>n</i>: The Effect of Chamber Size on Government Spending in Bicameral Legislatures

Jowei Chen, Neil Malhotra · American Political Science Review · 2007 · 50 citations

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Council of Elders? The Senate and Its Members in the Southern Cone

Maríana Llanos · Latin American Research Review · 2006 · 49 citations

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Authors

115

  1. SI
    S. I. Parker

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  2. LW
    Lanny W. Martin

    Rice University, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  3. MT
    Michael Thies

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  4. BM
    B. M. Cwilong

    Google (United States), United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  5. JD
    James Druckman

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

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Institutions

52

  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    564 citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  4. Rice University

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    94 citations

  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    189 citations

  6. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  7. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. Nuclear Instruments and Methods

    9 publications · 213 citations

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  2. Journal of Legislative Studies

    JLS · 3 publications · 40 citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    2 publications · 90 citations

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