White House Influence OLS Fixed Effects Random Effect Relative to Congressional by Agency Effects by Model by Committees Agency Agency (Model 5) 6) 7) 8) -.0002 -.14 -.20 -.05 Constant (Std. Err) (.13) (.11) (.13) (.11) .08* .07* .07* .07* # Oversight Committees (.03) (.03) (.02) (.02) .02 # Policy for Agency (.01) .04 Bush Agenda? (.07) -.12* Agency Point (.03) -.91* Independent Commission? (.16) -.22* Cabinet Department? (.11) -.08* -.07* -.07* -.07* Bureaucrats’ Ideal Point (.04) (.04) (.03) (.03) -.05 -.01 -.02 -.04 Appointee Indicator (.10) (.09) (.09) (.09) -.02 .07 .07 -.02 Employed in Field Office? (.06) (.08) (.07) (.07) -.002 -.001 -.001 -.002 Employed in Agency (.002) (.002) (.002) (.002) -.002 .008 .01 .0001 Executive Pay Grade (.01) (.01) (.01) (.01) R2 .09 .13 N 1509 1670 1670 1521 Table 3: Executive Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. Standard errors are on White House Influence. clustered by agency in Models 5 and 6. Appendix A: Appendix A contains descriptive statistics for the analyzed variables and additional specifications to probe the robustness of the results reported in the text. Appendix B presents additional details on the survey we conducted.
White House Influence Relative to Congressional Committees OLS Fixed Effects by Agency Random Effects by Agency Effect Model by Agency (Model 5) 6) 7) 8) Constant (Std. Err) -.0002 (.13) -.14 (.11) -.20 (.13) -.05 (.11) # Oversight Committees .08* (.03) .07* (.03) .07* (.02) .07* (.02) # Policy for Agency .02 (.01) Bush Agenda? .04 (.07) Agency Point -.12* (.03) Independent Commission? -.91* (.16) Cabinet Department? -.22* (.11) Bureaucrats’ Ideal Point -.08* (.04) -.07* (.04) -.07* (.03) -.07* (.03) Appointee Indicator -.05 (.10) -.01 (.09) -.02 (.09) -.04 (.09) Employed in Field Office? -.02 (.06) .07 (.08) .07 (.07) -.02 (.07) Employed in Agency -.002 (.002) -.001 (.002) -.001 (.002) -.002 (.002) Executive Pay Grade -.002 (.01) .008 (.01) .01 (.01) .0001 (.01) R2 .09 .13 N 1509 1670 1670 1521 Table 3: Executive Level Regression Results for the Effect of Multiple Committee Oversight on White House Influence. * denotes two-tailed significance at .10 or better. Standard errors are clustered by agency in Models 5 and 6. Appendix A: Appendix A contains descriptive statistics for the analyzed variables and additional specifications to probe the robustness of the results reported in the text. Appendix B presents additional details on the survey we conducted.
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