Response to Matsusaka: Estimating the Effect of Ballot Initiatives on Policy Responsiveness

John G. Matsusaka claims that the authors used bad methodology in concluding that ballot initiatives do not increase the responsiveness of government policy. The authors refute this by breaking down the simple interaction model into others forms & then eventually creating the "T" stati...

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Published in:The Journal of politics 2001-11, Vol.63 (4), p.1257-1263
Main Authors: Hagen, Michael G., Lascher, Edward L., Camobreco, John F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electorate
Empirical evidence
Government initiatives
Government Policy
Legislators
Liberalism
Methodological Problems
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Original Articles
Public Opinion
Public policy
Referendum
Referendums
Research Notes
State government
States (Political Subdivisions)
Voting
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Summary:John G. Matsusaka claims that the authors used bad methodology in concluding that ballot initiatives do not increase the responsiveness of government policy. The authors refute this by breaking down the simple interaction model into others forms & then eventually creating the "T" statistic for specific policy preferences. Matsusaka is correct in saying that there are other analytical approaches possible but the authors refute these as impractical. 14 References. R. Larsen
ISSN:0022-3816
1468-2508
DOI:10.1111/0022-3816.00110