Page 252 →Table A12. Results Using Mean Incumbent Vote Share for Electoral Vulnerability in Models Shown in Table 6 of Chapter 6

Variable

Inventing (1)

Borrowing (2)

Deregulation

1.025**

(0.495)

0.246

(0.861)

Legislative Mean Incumbent Vote Share

0.003

(0.014)

0.010

(0.020)

Elected

1.641**

(0.713)

2.354***

(0.753)

Price of Energy

−0.112

(0.130)

−0.297*

(0.167)

Daily Solar Radiation Level

1.123***

(0.317)

1.956***

(0.373)

State Per Capita Income

−0.005

(0.030)

−0.007

(0.029)

Fossil Fuel Sources

−0.018**

(0.007)

−0.027***

(0.010)

Citizen Ideology

0.070***

(0.024)

0.154***

(0.048)

Unified Democratic Government

0.716

(0.606)

−1.243

(0.918)

Government Ideology

−0.025**

(0.011)

0.002

(0.015)

Legislative Term Limits

−0.680

(0.719)

−0.510

(0.740)

Urban

Percentage

0.020

(0.031)

−0.009

(0.023)

Change in Unemployment

−0.306

(0.199)

−0.648**

(0.279)

Legislative Professionalism

2.727

(2.193)

6.994***

(2.652)

Geographic Neighbor

0.056

(1.579)

2.094

(1.324)

Ideological Neighbor

0.467

(1.249)

0.918

(1.482)

Prior Inventing

−3.334

(8.366)

Prior Borrowing

−21.005

(15.351)

Year

0.264**

(0.122)

0.157

(0.151)

Featureyear

0.150***

(0.015)

Wald Χ2

562.64***

915.45***

Observations

182,851 (36)

47,130 (54)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 253 →Table A13. Results Dropping Combinations for Models Shown in Table 6 of Chapter 6

Variable

Inventing (1)

Borrowing (2)

Deregulation

0.305

(0.742)

0.337

(0.844)

Elected

4.593

(3.115)

2.211***

(0.658)

Price of Energy

−0.219

(0.137)

−0.273*

(0.152)

Daily Solar Radiation Level

1.065**

(0.453)

1.862***

(0.349)

State Per Capita Income

0.057

(0.097)

−0.009

(0.029)

Fossil Fuel Sources

−0.007

(0.012)

−0.026**

(0.010)

Citizen Ideology

0.082*

(0.043)

0.144***

(0.041)

Unified Democratic Government

−0.260

(1.394)

−1.151

(0.915)

Government Ideology

−0.043***

(0.015)

0.003

(0.016)

Legislative Term Limits

−1.381

(0.977)

−0.764

(0.682)

Legislative Median Incumbent Vote Share

0.019

(0.030)

−0.0008

(0.010)

Urban Percentage

0.198

(0.147)

−0.003

(0.025)

Change in Unemployment

−0.437*

(0.250)

−0.596**

(0.261)

Legislative Professionalism

1.684

(4.402)

6.924***

(2.527)

Geographic Neighbor

1.888

(1.882)

1.929

(1.326)

Ideological Neighbor

−0.022

(1.519)

0.855

(1.449)

Prior Inventing

−17.354

(16.417)

Prior Borrowing

−19.727

(15.612)

Year

0.284***

(0.075)

0.167

(0.139)

Featureyear

0.130***

(0.016)

Wald Χ2

1,487.91***

657.37***

Observations

90,844 (16)

30,623 (54)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 254 →Table A14. Results Dropping Rates/Thresholds for Models Shown in Table 6 of Chapter 6

Variable

Inventing (1)

Borrowing (2)

Deregulation

0.678

(0.594)

0.415

(0.894)

Elected

1.331*

(0.695)

2.109***

(0.658)

Price of Energy

−0.115

(0.113)

−0.285*

(0.145)

Daily Solar Radiation Level

0.977***

(0.259)

2.156***

(0.377)

State Per Capita Income

−0.025

(0.024)

0.003

(0.025)

Fossil Fuel Sources

−0.013**

(0.006)

−0.028***

(0.010)

Citizen Ideology

0.056**

(0.025)

0.146***

(0.040)

Unified Democratic Government

0.484

(0.784)

−1.055

(0.903)

Government Ideology

−0.019

(0.012)

−0.0007

(0.017)

Legislative Term Limits

−0.799

(0.744)

−1.098

(0.748)

Legislative Median Incumbent Vote Share

−0.006

(0.009)

−0.001

(0.009)

Urban

Percentage

0.037

(0.033)

−0.018

(0.024)

Change in Unemployment

−0.344

(0.230)

−0.640**

(0.265)

Legislative Professionalism

2.086

(2.215)

6.797***

(2.322)

Geographic Neighbor

−0.149

(1.576)

2.089

(1.325)

Ideological Neighbor

−0.698

(1.083)

0.570

(1.503)

Prior Inventing

0.070

(5.589)

Prior Borrowing

−18.631

(13.685)

Year

0.252***

(0.092)

0.180

(0.128)

Featureyear

0.094***

(0.009)

Wald Χ2

646.63***

1,641.06***

Observations

129,105 (26)

34,197 (53)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 255 →Table A15. Results Using Mean Incumbent Vote Share for Electoral Vulnerability in Models Shown in Table 8 of Chapter 8 (Selected Variables)

Variable

Legislative Invention (1)

Legislative Borrowing (2)

Legislative Invention (3)

Legislative Borrowing (4)

Government Ideology

−0.013*

(0.006)

−0.004

(0.004)

−0.012*

(0.007)

−0.003

(0.004)

Mean Incumbent Legislator Vote Share

−0.016**

(0.008)

0.007

(0.004)

−0.018**

(0.009)

0.007

(0.004)

Norrander

0.367

(0.795)

0.465

(0.307)

0.414

(0.856)

0.495

(0.321)

Religious Adherence

1.577

(1.002)

0.954

(0.665)

2.076*

(1.107)

1.098

(0.689)

Unified Democratic Legislature

0.133

(0.299)

−0.148

(0.147)

0.108

(0.328)

−0.165

(0.148)

Female Democrats

−1.547

(3.195)

−4.815***

(1.805)

−2.281

(3.275)

−4.634**

(1.843)

Democratic Governor

−0.101

(0.303)

−0.113

(0.145)

−0.106

(0.364)

−0.138

(0.152)

Initiatives

0.061

(0.054)

0.070***

(0.025)

0.084

(0.063)

0.073***

(0.026)

Neighbors

6.612***

(0.758)

2.558***

(0.216)

6.489***

(0.748)

2.564***

(0.215)

Citizen Ideology

−0.001

(0.006)

−0.0009

(0.002)

Ideological Similarity

−1.850*

(1.035)

0.780

(0.485)

Prior Invention

−9.262

(5.655)

Prior Borrowing

−2.739

(3.048)

Observations

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 256 →Table A16. Results Substituting Year Squared Variable for Year Variable in Invention Models Shown in Table 8 of Chapter 8 (Selected Variables)

Variable

Legislative Invention

Legislative Invention

Government Ideology

−0.012*

(0.006)

−0.012*

(0.006)

Median Incumbent Legislator Vote Share

−0.011**

(0.005)

−0.012**

(0.006)

Norrander

0.424

(0.761)

0.482

(0.815)

Religious Adherence

1.606

(0.981)

2.087*

(1.083)

Unified Democratic Legislature

0.115

(0.300)

0.089

(0.320)

Female Democrats

−1.262

(3.203)

−1.935

(3.291)

Democratic Governor

−0.114

(0.339)

−0.114

(0.345)

Initiatives

0.063

(0.053)

0.085

(0.061)

Neighbors

6.624***

(0.756)

6.502***

(0.748)

Year Squared

0.00001

(9.9*10−6)

0.00002

(9.33*10−6)

Citizen Ideology

−0.0007

(0.001)

Ideological Similarity

−1.842*

(1.047)

Prior Invention

−8.968

(5.545)

Prior Borrowing

Observations

18,782

(104)

18,782

(104)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 257 →Table A17. Full Results for Models Shown in Table 8 of Chapter 8

Variable

Legislative Invention (1)

Legislative Borrowing (2)

Legislative Invention (3)

Legislative Borrowing (4)

Government Ideology

−0.012*

(0.006)

−0.005

(0.004)

−0.012*

(0.006)

−0.003

(0.006)

Median Incumbent Legislator Vote Share

−0.011**

(0.005)

0.003

(0.003)

−0.012**

(0.006)

0.003

(0.003)

Norrander

0.443

(0.758)

0.449

(0.318)

0.501

(0.812)

0.477

(0.331)

Religious Adherence

1.594

(0.978)

0.965

(0.675)

2.073*

(1.080)

1.107

(0.692)

Unified Democratic Legislature

0.115

(0.300)

−0.132

(0.147)

0.089

(0.320)

−0.155

(0.155)

Female Democrats

−1.235

(3.202)

−4.900***

(0.792)

−1.905

(3.290)

−4.702**

(1.816)

Democratic Governor

−0.116

(0.339)

−0.101

(0.146)

−0.116

(0.345)

−0.144

(0.196)

Initiatives

0.063

(0.053)

0.070***

(0.026)

0.085

(0.061)

0.072***

(0.027)

Neighbors

6.632***

(0.755)

2.555***

(0.216)

6.511***

(0.747)

2.562***

(0.216)

State Median Income

−0.447

(0.313)

−0.030

(0.077)

−0.478

(0.323)

−0.017

(0.079)

State Population Size

0.069

(0.259)

0.097

(0.104)

0.111

(0.283)

0.092

(0.106)

Webster

0.055

(0.273)

0.521**

(0.204)

−0.150

(0.270)

0.520**

(0.206)

Citizen Ideology

−0.0006

(0.001)

−0.001

(0.007)

Ideological Similarity

−1.834*

(1.046)

0.805*

(0.487)

Prior Invention

−8.957

(5.540)

Prior Borrowing

−2.620

(3.060)

Year

0.064*

(0.036)

−0.097***

(0.018)

0.083**

(0.037)

−0.093***

(0.025)

Year Squared

0.001***

(0.000)

0.001***

(0.000)

Observations

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

*** = critical value of 0.01; ** = critical value of 0.05; * = critical value of 0.10

Page 258 →Table A18. Results Including Direct Ballot Initiative for Models in Table 8 of Chapter 8 (Selected Variables)

Variable

Legislative Invention (1)

Legislative Borrowing (2)

Legislative Invention (3)

Legislative Borrowing (4)

Government Ideology

−0.013**

(0.006)

−0.004

(0.004)

−0.012*

(0.006)

−0.003

(0.006)

Median Incumbent Legislator Vote Share

−0.011**

(0.005)

0.003

(0.003)

−0.012*

(0.006)

0.003

(0.003)

Direct Ballot Initiative

−0.075

(0.456)

0.006

(0.218)

−0.188

(0.519)

−0.014

(0.233)

Norrander

0.417

(0.811)

0.451

(0.230)

0.427

(0.900)

0.474

(0.332)

Religious Adherence

1.645

(1.085)

0.960

(0.674)

2.212*

(1.203)

1.117

(0.695)

Unified Democratic Legislature

0.115

(0.300)

−0.132

(0.147)

0.092

(0.323)

−0.156

(0.155)

Female Democrats

−1.245

(3.214)

−4.901***

(1.789)

−1.942

(3.312)

−4.700***

(1.811)

Democratic Governor

−0.108

(0.333)

−0.102

(0.148)

−0.099

(0.345)

−0.144

(0.196)

Initiatives

0.075

(0.087)

0.069*

(0.041)

0.115

(0.103)

0.075*

(0.044)

Neighbors

6.628***

(0.757)

2.555***

(0.216)

6.502***

(0.752)

2.563***

(0.217)

Citizen Ideology

−0.0009

(0.004)

−0.002

(0.008)

Ideological Similarity

−1.864*

(1.056)

0.805*

(0.486)

Prior Invention

−9.088*

(5.075)

Prior Borrowing

−2.636

(3.121)

Observations

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

18,782

(104)

26,831

(568)

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