Journal Articles
R. Michael Alvarez, Betsy Sinclair and Richard L. Hasen. How Much is Enough? The "Ballot Order Effect" and the Use of Social Science Research in Election Law Disputes , Election Law Journal , Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2006): pp. 40-56.
Betsy Sinclair and R. Michael Alvarez. "Who Overvotes, Who Undervotes, Using Punchcards? Evidence from Los Angeles County." Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 1 (March 2004): pp. 15-25.
"Whose Absentee Votes are Counted: The Variety and Use of Absentee Ballots in California", with R. Michael Alvarez and Thad Hall. (forthcoming in Electoral Studies )
Unrefereed Publications
Michael Alvarez, D. Roderick Kiewiet, Betsy Sinclair. "Rational Voters and the Recall Election." Clicker Politics, ed. Shaun Bowler and Bruce Cain. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2006.
Michael Alvarez, Betsy Sinclair, Catherine H. Wilson. "Counting Ballots in the 2000 Election: What Went Wrong?" Rethinking the Vote, ed. Ann N. Crigler, Marion R. Just and Edward J. McCaffery. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Working Papers
The British Paradox: Strategic Voting and the Failure of Duverger's Law
Competition Between Discrete Random Variables, with Applications to Occupancy Problems . Joint work with Anant Godbole and Julie Eaton.
Mobilizing Pasadena Democrats: Measuring the Effects of Partisan Campaign Contacts . Joint work with R. Michael Alvarez and Asa Hopkins.
Strangers vs Neighbors: The Efficacy of Grassroots Voter Mobilization. Joint work with Margaret McConnell and Melissa R. Michelson.
Papers Under Preparation for Submission
What Makes a Democrat Vote Like a Republican? An Examination of Contextual Effects in Voting Behavior
Political Networks: The Relationship Between Candidate Platform Positions and Constituency Communication Structures
Informing the Uninformed: Do Voters Learn From Pre-Election Polls? Joint work with Charlie Plott.
Detecting Spillover in Social Networks: Design and Analysis of Multilevel Experiments. Joint work with Margaret McConnell and Donald P. Green.
Flooding the Vote: Hurricane Katrina and Voter Participation in New Orleans. Joint work with R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall.