The industrial organization of congrees in USA and Spain: a comparative institutional analysis

• Autores: Gonzalo Caballero Miguez
• Localización: Revista de análisis económico, ISSN-e 0718-8870, ISSN 0716-5927, Vol. 21, Nº 2 (Número Especial), 2006 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Viejos Asuntos Organizativos desde una Nueva Perspectiva de Análisis Económico Intitucional), págs. 105-124
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The institutional and organizational details framing legislative processes are key aspects for understanding how Congresses work. From a new institutional economics perspective, this paper comparatively examines how the Spanish and USA Congresses are organized. The main purpose of the paper is to unveil the so-called "black box" factors operating in each case. The role played by properly rights, hierarchy, individual deputies, leadership, transactions costs and committees will be researched. Whereas committees and decision-making rules based on a property rights system are key factors for understanding how the Congress performs in USA; in the Spanish case the most relevant explanatory factors are strong party leadership and the hierarchical rules by which political parties and parlamentary groups are organized.