RICE UNIVERSITY
The Electoral Connection in Multi-Level Systems with Non-Static Ambition:
Linking Political Careers and Legislative Performance in Argentina
by
Juan Pablo Micozzi
A Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Approved, Thesis Committee:
Mark P. Jones, Professor, Chair
Political Science
Randolph T. Stevenson, Associate Professor
Political Science
t Professor
Royce Carroll,
Political Science
Ernesto Calvo, Associate Professor
Political Science, University of Houston
Houston, Texas - April 2009