Political Information Technology and Public Choice
First Statement of Responsibility
by W. Mark Crain, Brian L. Goff.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(144 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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1 The Architecture of Constitutions --; 2 Political Information Technology and Public Choice: Background --; Voter Shopping: Experience and Search --; Product Advertising and Information Theory --; Product Advertising as Political Advertising --; Technology and the Costs of Campaigning --; The Rational Voter Model --; Televised Legislatures --; History of Televised Legislatures --; Summary --; 3 Legislative Television: The Transformation of Politicians --; The Relationship Between Citizens and Politicians --; Political Services and the Content of Product Advertising --; Technology and the Relative Cost of Acquiring Political Information: Experience versus Search --; Summary --; 4 The Effect of Televising Legislatures on Elections: The Case of U.S. State Legislatures --; The Advantages to Incumbency in Televised Legislatures: State Lower Chamber --; Test for Reverse Causation --; State Upper Chambers --; Summary --; 5 The Effects of Televised Legislatures on Elections: The Case of the U.S. House of Representatives --; U.S. House Races: Before Versus After TV --; Test for Spurious Correlation --; Summary --; 6 The Effect of Televised Legislatures on the Output of Legislation --; A Model of Television and Legislative Outcomes --; Empirical Estimation --; Summary --; 7 The Politics of Adopting Televised Sessions --; Political Influences on Legislators --; Empirical Model of Support for Television in the U.S. Senate --; Summary --; 8 Modernity --; Appendix 1 Data Sources --; Appendix 2 Data.