Working Papers/Works in Progress

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

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

“The Heresthetics of Eliminating the Purchase Requirement.” 2025. (with Ariela Zuckerman)

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)