Homer J. Livingston Professor
Harris School of Public Policy
and the College University of Chicago
Theory and Credibility: Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Social Science, with Chris Berry and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2021) Princeton University Press.
Reviews:
Explanation, Formal Models, and Rational Choice. Accepted at The Journal of Theoretical Politics.
Modeling Theories of Women’s Underrepresentation in Elections, with Chris Berry and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2024) American Journal of Political Science 68(1): 289–303.
The Accountability of Politicians in International Crises and the Nature of Audience Cost, with Kris Ramsay. (2024) Political Science Research and Methods 12: 1–26.
Electorates vs. Voters, with Anthony Fowler. (2020) The Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 1(3): 477–505.
Delegation to an Overconfident Expert, with Greg Sasso. (2019) The Journal of Politics 81(2): 692–696.
Learning About Voter Rationality, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Amanda Friedenberg. (2018) The American Journal of Political Science 62(1): 37–54.
Unified vs. Divided Political Authority, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2017) The Journal of Politics 79(4): 1372–1385.
Accountability and Information in Elections, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Amanda Friedenberg. (2017) The American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9(2): 95–138.
Is Voter Competence Good for Voters?: Information, Rationality, and Democratic Performance, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2014) The American Political Science Review 108(3):565–587.
Does Informative Media Commentary Reduce Politicians’ Incentives to Pander?, with Ken Shotts. (2010) The Journal of Public Economics 94(11–12):838–847.
Elections with Platform and Valence Competition, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2009) Games and Economic Behavior 67(1):191–216.
Electoral Selection, Strategic Challenger Entry, and the Incumbency Advantage, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2008) Journal of Politics 70(4):1006–1025.
Design, Inference, and The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, with Josh Clinton, Adam Meirowitz, and Kris Ramsay. (2008) American Political Science Review 102(2):269–273.
Informative Party Labels with Electoral and Institutional Variation, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2008) Journal of Theoretical Politics 20(3):251–273.
Does Advertising Exposure Affect Turnout?, with Josh Clinton. (2007) Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2(1):27–41.
Campaign Finance and Voter Welfare with Entrenched Incumbents. (2006) American Political Science Review 100(1):55–68.
Delivering the Goods: Constituency Service with Electoral and Institutional Variation, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2006) Journal of Politics 68(1):168–179.
Monotone Comparative Statics in Models of Politics, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2006) American Journal of Political Science 50(1):214–231.
Reputational Dynamics and Political Careers. (2005) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 21(2):441–466.
All Else Equal in Theory and Data (Big or Small), with Chris Berry and Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. (2015) PS: Political Science & Politics 48(1):89–94.
Electoral Accountability: Recent Theoretical and Empirical Work. (2012) Annual Review of Political Science 15:183–201.
Voters’ Interests in Campaign Finance Regulation: Formal Models. (2012) The Political Economist.
Review of Timothy Besley’s Principled Agents?: The Political Economy of Good Government. (2008) Economica 75:607–608.
The Economics of Campaign Finance. (2008) In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2e, Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds. Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.
Speaking as an Economist: Normative Foundations of Economic Advice
Information and Incumbency, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Amanda Friedenberg.
Incumbent Explanations, Challenger Criticisms, and Electoral Accountability, with Ken Shotts.
On the Concept of Preference in Economics, with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita