作者:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; National Bureau of Economic Research; Northwestern University; Allegheny College
摘要:We examine the politics of the Salary Grab of 1873, legislation that increased congressional salaries retroactively by 50 percent. A group of New England and Midwestern elites opposed the Salary Grab, along with congressional franking and patronage-based civil service appointments, as part of a reform effort to reshape who should govern Congress. Our analyses of congressional voting confirm the existence of this nonparty elite coalition. Although these elites lost many legislative battles in t...
作者:University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
作者:University of Trento; Queens University - Canada
作者:University of Wisconsin System
作者:Claremont Colleges; Claremont Graduate University; Claremont McKenna College
作者:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Middlebury College