List of Tables
3.1: Percentage of Legislators that ran for a SubnationaI Executive Position......21
3.2: Composition of the Bills submitted to the Congress -1983-2007................33
3.3: Rate of Passage of Legislation -1983-2007.............................................36
4.1: Percentage of Bills with a territorial Target...........................................50
5.1: Percentage of Legislators that have been Provincial Executives.................57
5.2: Percentage of Provincial Executives that jumped to the House..................57
5.3: Percentage of Legislators that Jumped to the House immediately after being
TermLimited................................................................ .....58
5.4: Percentage of Legislators that have previously been Municipal Executives..58
5.5: Percentage of Municipal Executives that jumped to the House..................59
5.6: Results of the Estimations - Previous Municipal Background...................63
5.7: Relative Changes in the Probabilities of submitting Local Bills if they have a
Municipal Background............................ 63
5.8: Random Intercepts by Province.................. 65
5.9: Results of the Estimations - Previous Gubernatorial Background..............67
6.1; Proportion of Governors seeking Reelection by their Legal Ability...........74
6.2: Proportion of Governors that can be reelected by those effectively seeking
Reelection............................ 74
6.3: Reasons for not running for a straight Gubernatorial Period, Term Limits
Absent................... 75
6.4: Percentage of Representatives immediately..................... 76
6.5: Tenure of Mayors.................... 77
6.6: Rate of Reelection of Mayors............... 79