Replication Data for: 'The Effect of Legislature Size on Public Spending: A Meta-Analysis'
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'In a seminal article, Weingast et al. (1981) argue that there is a positive relationship between legislature size and inefficiency in public expenditures. Their proposition is currently known as the 'law of 1/n' and has been widely debated in political science and public administration. However, recent studies have questioned the validity of the theory. In this letter, we conduct the first meta-analysis that assesses the generality of the 'law of 1/n'. Based on a sample of 30 articles, we find no robust evidence suggesting that legislature size has either a positive or a negative effect on government budgets. Yet the aggregate results mask considerable heterogeneity. Our findings provide moderate support for the 'law of 1/n' in unicameral legislatures and in upper houses, but they also indicate that papers using panel/fixed-effects model' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["distributive politics","law of 1/n","legislature size","meta-analysis","public spending"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'In a seminal article, Weingast et al. (1981) argue that there is a positive relationship between legislature size and inefficiency in public expenditures. Their proposition is currently known as the 'law of 1/n' and has been widely debated in political science and public administration. However, recent studies have questioned the validity of the theory. In this letter, we conduct the first meta-analysis that assesses the generality of the 'law of 1/n'. Based on a sample of 30 articles, we find no robust evidence suggesting that legislature size has either a positive or a negative effect on government budgets. Yet the aggregate results mask considerable heterogeneity. Our findings provide moderate support for the 'law of 1/n' in unicameral legislatures and in upper houses, but they also indicate that papers using panel/fixed-effects model' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
In a seminal article, Weingast et al. (1981) argue that there is a positive relationship between legislature size and inefficiency in public expenditures. Their proposition is currently known as the 'law of 1/n' and has been widely debated in political science and public administration. However, recent studies have questioned the validity of the theory. In this letter, we conduct the first meta-analysis that assesses the generality of the 'law of 1/n'. Based on a sample of 30 articles, we find no robust evidence suggesting that legislature size has either a positive or a negative effect on government budgets. Yet the aggregate results mask considerable heterogeneity. Our findings provide moderate support for the 'law of 1/n' in unicameral legislatures and in upper houses, but they also indicate that papers using panel/fixed-effects model
distributive politics; law of 1/n; legislature size; meta-analysis; public spending