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) Invited to revise and resubmit.
“The Heresthetics of Eliminating the Purchase Requirement.” (with Ariela Zuckerman)
“Buying Campaign Investments with Policy Concessions.” (with William Gerew and Greg Sasso)
Published/Accepted
Alexander, Dan, and Alexander Evert. “Electoral Contests over Voter Beliefs.” 2026. American Journal of Political Science. 1-18. Online Appendix
Alexander, Dan, and Darrian Stacy. “The Process and Perils of Coming Around: The Assimilation of Political Appointees into Bureaucratic Agencies.” 2025. American Journal of Political Science 69: 1266-81. Online Appendix
Alexander, Dan. “Incentives or Disincentives?” 2024. Journal of Politics 86(1): 257-273. Online Appendix
Alexander, Dan, and Asya Magazinnik. “Income Inequality and Electoral Theories of Polarization.” 2022. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 2022(3): 1-26.
Alexander, Dan. "Uncontested Incumbents and Incumbent Upsets." 2021. Games and Economic Behavior 126: 163-185.
Alexander, Dan, and Bryan Rooney. "United States Vote Buying in the United Nations." 2019. International Studies Quarterly 63(1): 168-176. Version with Online Appendix Replication Files
Alexander, Dan, Christopher R. Berry, and William G. Howell. "Distributive Politics and Legislator Ideology." 2016. Journal of Politics 78(1): 214-231. Online Appendix Replication Files
On Hiatus
“Imposing Deadlines.” 2021. (with Patricia Kirkland and Justin Phillips)