Working Papers/Works in Progress

“Policymaking Precision and Electoral Accountability.” 2026. (with Mary Catherine Sullivan) Under review.

“Fire At Will: Civil Service Reform and Bureaucratic Accountability.” 2026. (with Ruth Holloway) Under review.

“The Heresthetics of Eliminating the Purchase Requirement.” (with Ariela Zuckerman)

“Buying Campaign Investments with Policy Concessions.” (with William Gerew and Greg Sasso)

Published/Accepted

“Electoral Contests over Voter Beliefs.” 2025. (with Alexander Evert) Accepted at AJPS.

“The Process and Perils of Coming Around: The Assimilation of Political Appointees into Bureaucratic Agencies.” 2025. American Journal of Political Science 69: 1266-81. (with Darrian Stacy)

“Incentives or Disincentives?” 2024. Journal of Politics 86(1): 257-273. Online Appendix

“Income Inequality and Electoral Theories of Polarization.” 2022. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 2022(3): 1-26. (with Asya Magazinnik)

"Uncontested Incumbents and Incumbent Upsets." 2021. Games and Economic Behavior 126: 163-185.

"United States Vote Buying in the United Nations." 2019. International Studies Quarterly 63(1): 168-176. (with Bryan Rooney) Version with Online Appendix Replication Files

"Distributive Politics and Legislator Ideology." 2016. Journal of Politics 78(1): 214-231. (with Chris Berry and Will Howell)   Online Appendix   Replication Files

On Hiatus

“Imposing Deadlines.” 2021. (with Patricia Kirkland and Justin Phillips)