Curriculum Vitae

Betsy Sinclair's CV

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

Matching and the Multi-valued Treatment Problem: An Application to the Estimation of the Ballot Order Effect

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.