?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F86%2F&rft.title=Voting+in+the+Bicameral+Congress%3A+Large+Majorities+as+a+Signal+of+Quality&rft.creator=Iaryczower%2C+Matias&rft.creator=Katz%2C+Gabriel&rft.creator=Saiegh%2C+Sebastian&rft.subject=JF+Political+institutions+(General)&rft.description=We+estimate+a+model+of+voting+in+Congress+that+allows+for+dispersed+information%0D%0Aabout+the+quality+of+proposals+in+an+equilibrium+context.+The+results+highlight+the%0D%0Aeffects+of+bicameralism+on+policy+outcomes.+In+equilibrium%2C+the+Senate+imposes+an%0D%0Aendogenous+supermajority+rule+on+members+of+the+House.+We+estimate+this+super-%0D%0Amajority+rule+to+be+about+four-fifths+on+average+across+policy+areas.+Moreover%2C+our%0D%0Aresults+indicate+that+the+value+of+the+information+dispersed+among+legislators+is+significant%2C+and+that+in+equilibrium+a+large+fraction+of+House+members+(40-50+%25)+vote+in%0D%0Aaccordance+with+their+private+information.+Taken+together%2C+our+results+imply+a+highly%0D%0Aconservative+Senate%2C+in+the+sense+that+proposals+are+enacted+into+law+only+when+it+is%0D%0Aextremely+likely+that+their+quality+is+high.&rft.date=2010-08-06&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F86%2F1%2FBicameralism.pdf&rft.identifier=++Iaryczower%2C+Matias+and+Katz%2C+Gabriel+and+Saiegh%2C+Sebastian++Voting+in+the+Bicameral+Congress%3A+Large+Majorities+as+a+Signal+of+Quality.++Working+Paper+++++++(Submitted)+++