Papers

WORKING PAPERS:

17.  "Persuasion in Veto Bargaining" (joint with Jenny S Kim and Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim).  Revision requested at American Journal of Political Science.

PUBLICATIONS:

16. "Pandora's Ballot Box: Electoral Politics of Referendums" (joint with Peter Buisseret).  American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.

15. "On the Incentives to Exacerbate Polarization" (joint with Pablo Montagnes). Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, forthcoming.

14. "Polarization, Valence, and Policy Competition" (joint with Peter Buisseret).  2022.  American Economic Review: Insights, 4, 3: 341-352.

13. "Delegation in Veto Bargaining" (joint with Navin Kartik and Andreas Kleiner).  2021.  American Economic Review, 111, 12: 4046-4087.

12. "Crashing the Party?  Elites, Outsiders, and Elections" (joint with Peter Buisseret). 2020. American Journal of Political Science, 64, 2: 356-370.  Online Appendix.

11. "Reputation Effects and Incumbency (Dis)Advantage" (joint with Navin Kartik). 2019.  Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 14, 2: 131-157.

10. "Informative Cheap Talk in Elections" (joint with Navin Kartik).  2019.  Review of Economic Studies, 86, 2: 755-784.  Supplementary Appendix.

9. "Electoral Ambiguity and Political Representation" (joint with Navin Kartik and Stephane Wolton).  2017. American Journal of Political Science, 61, 4: 958-970.  Online Appendix.

8. "Elections and Divisiveness: Theory and Evidence" (joint with Elliott Ash and Massimo Morelli).  2017.  Journal of Politics, 79, 4: 1268-1285.  Online Appendix.

7. "Hoping for the Best, Unprepared for the Worst" (joint with Justin Fox).  2015.  Journal of Public Economics, 130: 59-65. Online Appendix.

6. "The Welfare Implications of Electoral Polarization." 2015.  Social Choice and Welfare, 45, 4: 653-686.

5. "Candidates, Credibility, and Re-election Incentives."  2013. Review of Economic Studies, 80, 4: 1622-1681. Supplementary Appendix.

4. "Ideology and Information in Policymaking" (joint with Massimo Morelli).  2013. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 25, 3: 412-436.  (Winner of the Elinor Ostrom prize for best paper published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics in 2013).

3. "Costly Transparency" (joint with Justin Fox).  2012. Journal of Public Economics, 96, 1-2: 142-150.

2. "Partisanship and the Effectiveness of Oversight" (joint with Justin Fox). 2010. Journal of Public Economics, 94, 9-10: 684-697. Supplementary Appendix.

1. "Deliberation Rules and Voting." 2008. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 3, 1: 83-88.

DORMANT WORKING PAPERS:

"Preferences, Information and Parental Choice Behavior in Public School Choice" (joint with Justine Hastings and Jeffrey Weinstein)