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Institutional Policy

Institutional research explores the interplay between political institutions and policy. In this context institutions include legislatures such as Congress or city councils, executives such as presidents or mayors, implementing agencies, and courts.

Recent institutional projects at GWIPP include:

Garry Young’s analysis of the policy consequences of the District of Columbia’s relationship with Congress
Brandon Bartel’s examination of judicial decisionmaking
Forrest Maltzman’s study of legislative institutions and policy persistence

Institutional Policy

Completed Projects

National Grants System and Cities During the Great Recessions: Drawing Lessons from a Cross-National Analysis

Collaborative Research: Legislative Tactics and the Durability of Legislation

Implementing Regionalism: Connecting Emerging Theory and Practice to Inform Economic Development

Technical Assistance for the Administration for Children and Families

Network Analysis and the Law: Measuring the Legal Importance of Precedents at the US Supreme Court

Collaborative Research: The Establishment of Stare Decisis in the American Legal System

Foreign Capital Cities and Their Relationship to the National Government: What Washington, DC Can Learn

The District of Columbia and Its Lack of Representation in Congress: What Difference Does it Make?

Creating Cross-Institutional Preference Measures: Methodological Improvements for Studying Constraints on the Supreme Court

Improving Prediction and Causal Inference with Graphical Methods and Models

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