The Journal of Legislative Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-10 , DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.1996753 Sean Mueller 1 , Adrian Vatter 2 , Sereina Dick 2
ABSTRACT
Second chambers frequently form part of national institutional configurations, but their impact on policy making can vary from negligible to all-important veto players. The standard approach is to assess their importance via two dimensions: formal powers and compositional differences vis-à-vis the first chamber. In this paper, we conceptualise a third dimension: the legitimacy of second chambers. We subsequently measure the strength of second chambers in 14 countries and develop a new index of bicameralism. Running several quantitative analyses with a total sample of 29 OECD countries, we show how this index is significantly correlated to lower state intervention in the economy and greater regional autonomy.
中文翻译:
两院制的新指标:认真对待合法性
摘要
第二院经常构成国家机构配置的一部分,但它们对政策制定的影响可能微不足道,也可能是非常重要的否决权参与者。标准方法是通过两个维度评估其重要性:正式权力和与第一院的组成差异。在本文中,我们概念化了第三个维度:第二议院的合法性。随后,我们衡量了 14 个国家第二院的实力,并制定了新的两院制指数。我们对 29 个 OECD 国家的总样本进行了多项定量分析,结果表明该指数与国家对经济干预程度较低和地区自治程度提高之间存在显着相关性。