Legislative Term Limits: Public Choice Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction to the Term Limits Debate: Hypotheses in Search of Data....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Varying Impact of Legislative Term Limits....Pages 21-36
How Will Term Limits Affect Legislative Work?....Pages 37-46
Term Limits and Representation....Pages 47-65
The Impact of Term Limits on the California Legislature: An Interest Group Perspective....Pages 67-85
Term Limits, Responsiveness and the Failures of Increased Competition....Pages 87-99
Impact of Congressional Tenure Restriction on Spending....Pages 101-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Term Limits and State Legislatures....Pages 119-128
An Analysis of the Impact of Congressional Term Limits on Turnover and Party Balance....Pages 129-143
Term Limitation in a Dynamic Model of Partisan Balance....Pages 145-174
The Effect of Term Limits When Competition is Endogenized: A Preliminary Model....Pages 175-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
An Analysis of Term Limitation Elections....Pages 185-197
Term Limits in Oklahoma, California, and Colorado in 1990....Pages 199-214
Reconciling Voters’ Behavior with Legislative Term Limits....Pages 215-227
Term Limits as Political Redistribution....Pages 229-236
Term Limits and Political Conflict....Pages 237-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
A History of Rotation in Office....Pages 247-277
Gubernatorial Term Limits and Term Lengths in Historical Perspective, 1790–1990: Geographic Diffusion, Non-Separability, and the Ratchet Effect....Pages 279-287
The Experience with Municipal Term Limits in Orange County, California....Pages 289-308
Term Limits and Local Governments in California....Pages 309-319
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Parties, Incentives, and Term Limits in Costa Rica....Pages 321-346
Back Matter....Pages 347-385