Slides to Accompany:Agenda Power in Brazil´s Câmara

dos Deputados, 1989 to 1998 (World Politics 2003)

Octavio Amorim NetoGraduate School of Economics

Getulio Vargas FoundationPraia de Botafogo 190

Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22253-900Brazil

Gary W. CoxDepartment of Political Science

University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, Ca 92093-0521

Mathew D. McCubbinsDepartment of Political Science

University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, Ca 92093-0521

O-L G-L G-M O-M O-R

Cartel Agenda Model PredictionsFloor Agenda Model Predictions

Legend: (1) O-L, Left Opposition Party; (2) O-M, ModerateOpposition Party; (3) O-R, Right Opposition Party; (4) G-L, Left

Government Party; (5) G-M, Median Government Party

Comparing Predictions of the Relationship Between Roll Rates and Distance for

the Floor Agenda Model and Cartel Agenda Model

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