Working Papers

The Process and Perils of Coming Around: The Assimilation of Political Appointees into Bureaucratic Agencies.” 2023. (with Darrian Stacy) Invited to revise and resubmit at AJPS.

Policymaking Precision and Electoral Accountability.” 2022. (with Mary Catherine Sullivan)

Buying Campaign Investments with Policy Concessions.” 2023. (with Greg Sasso, under review)

Works in Progress

“An Electoral Contest over Subjective Voter Beliefs.” 2023. (with Alexander Evert)

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


Published/Accepted

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

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

"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