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Journal Article Voluntary Retirement, Incumbency, and the Modern House Get access Joseph Cooper, Joseph Cooper JOSEPH COOPER is professor of political science and dean of Social Sciences at Rice University. He is the author of The Origins of the Standing Committees and the Development of the Modern House as well as a contributor to many journals. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William West William West WILLIAM WEST is an assistant professor of political science at West Virginia University. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 2, Summer 1981, Pages 279–300, https://doi.org/10.2307/2150340 Published: 15 June 1981
Cooper et al. (1981) studied this question.