@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12317, author={Mindock, Maxwell R. and Waddell, Glen R.}, title={Vote Influence in Group Decision-Making: The Changing Role of Justices' Peers on the Supreme Court}, year={2019}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12317}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12317}, abstract={We consider the voting behavior of Supreme Court Justices, finding evidence of co-dependencies in their votes. Coincident with changes in the party imbalance of the Court over time, sharp discontinuities in these dependencies are evident. Overall, the patterns suggest a tradeoff between co-dependencies around political affiliations and individual ideologies, with more-equal party representation on the Court encouraging greater party awareness in Justice voting, and less-equal party representation allowing Justices across party lines but with similar ideologies to inform each other's votes.}, keywords={Supreme Court;voting;judicial behavior;spatial econometrics}, }