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“The Role of Electoral Accountability in the Madisonian Machine ”, Christopher M. Straw,
New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy , Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 321-364 (Winter 2008); Please right-button click on link to download article.
“Constituency Size and the Growth of Public Expenditures: The Case of the United Kingdom”, George S. Ford, Mark Thornton, Marc Ulrich; Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (PFPC) / Economia delle scelte pubbliche, Vol. XXIV, Nos 2-3 (2008), pp. 127-141; Please right-button click on link to download article.
“Constituency Population and Representation in the U.S. House ”, Brian Frederick,
American Politics Research, Vol. 36, No. 3, 358-381 (2008); Please right-button click on link to download article.
“The People’s Perspective on the Size of the People’s House”, Brian Frederick, PSOnline, April 2008, pp. 329-335.; Please right-button click on link to download article.
“The Law of k/n: The Effect of Chamber Size on Government Spending in Bicameral Legislatures”, Jowei Chen and Neil Malhotra, American Political Science Review, November 2007, pp. 657-676.; Please right-button click on link to download article.
“Constituency Size and Incumbent Safety: A Reexamination”, Edward L. Lascher, Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 2. (Jun., 2005), pp. 269-278.; Please right-button click on link to download article.
“Increasing The Size Of The House Of Representatives”, Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis, 16-February-2000; Link to article
“Constituency Size and Government Spending”, Mark Thornton and Marc Ulrich, Public Finance Review, November 1999; Link to article
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“House of Representatives: Setting the Size at 435”, David C. Huckabee, CRS Report for Congress (95-791 GOV), 11-July-1995; Please right-button click on link to download report (3 Megabyte PDF)
“Beyond Administrative Apportionment: Rediscovering the Calculus of Representative Government”, John A. Kromkowski, Polity, Vol. XXIV, No. 3, pp. 495-97, Spring 1992.
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“A House of Our Own or A House We’ve Outgrown? An Argument for Increasing the Size of the House of Representatives”, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems,
Christopher St. John Yates, 1992; Please right-button click on link to download article.
“Why 435?: A Question of Political Arithmetic”, John A. Kromkowski, Polity, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, pp. 129-45, Fall 1991. Please right-button click on link to download article (2 Megabyte PDF)
“Rationale for Limiting the Number of Members of the House of Representatives to 435”, CRS Report for Congress (American Law Division),
March 9, 1977
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“The size of national assemblies”, Social Science Research 1:4, 385-401, Rein Taagepera, 1972.
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“How to build a better House”, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe , 8-Nov-2009;
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“We Need a Bigger House”, Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online , 7-Oct-2009;
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“Political monopoly power”, Walter Williams, Creators Syndicate , 15-Oct-2008;
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“Is the House of Representatives Too Small?”, Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune, 14-May-2008;
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“Why not have 1000 Congressman?”, George Will, Townhall, 14-January-2001;
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“Want to be more efficient? Increase number of politicians”, Jonah Goldberg, Jewish World Review, 4-January-2001; Link to article
“Increasing the size of Congress could limit campaign spending”, Andrew W. Cohen, CNN.com Law Center, 30-June-2000; Link to article
“Growth in U.S. Population Calls for Larger House of Representatives”, Margo Anderson, Population Today, April 2000; Link to article
“The Big House”, Sean Wilentz and Micheal Merrill, The New Republic, 16-November-1992
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