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We reexamine the major tenets of the informational theory of legislative rules, focusing on the informational efficiency of rules with varying degrees of restrictiveness. When committees are heterogeneous, full efficiency is attainable under the unrestrictive open rule as well as the somewhat restrictive modified rule. In contrast, the restrictive closed rule always leads to inefficiencies. When committees are homogeneous, the situation is different. All equilibria are inefficient regardless of legislative rules, but the closed rule leads to greater informational efficiency than does the open rule. Furthermore, the efficiency gains under the closed rule more than offset distributional losses regardless of the degree of preference divergence. We also examine the incentives provided by the different rules for information acquisition & committee specialization. 2 Tables, 4 Figures, 1 Appendix, 20 References. Adapted from the source document.

xliii, [1], 158 p. ; 20 cm. (4to) ; "To His Excellency General Washington, commander in chief of the American Army. The memorial and representation of Dr. John Morgan, respecting his care of the sick, and manner of conducting the Department of the General Hospital committed to his care."--p. 1-24, 2nd count, with caption title. Followed by an Appendix, p. 25-158. The memorial is dated Fish-Kills, February 1st. 1777; a copy held by athe Library Company of Philadelphia was mistakenly recorded as having been printed by Samuel Louden at ; Fishkill (Sabin 50562, Evans 15446, Austin 1337).