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Politics, Government, Institutions

Can State Spending Increase Economic Opportunity?
Susan Mayer and Leonard Lopoo

All people may be created equal, but their futures are often a combination of luck, hard work, and their parents’ socioeconomic status. Although Horatio Alger tales fuel the American dream for millions, many people know that the playing field is not always as level as those optimistic stories imply. Children born to affluent families are more likely to grow up to be affluent adults while children born to less affluent families are more likely to end up poor themselves. Read more >>

Politics, Government, Institutions Research Areas
 

American political economy, American politics, Campaign finance, Comparative government, Government and public management, Governmental structures, Political economics, Political theory, Regulation




Research in Brief
 

2009

Democratization and the Varieties of International Organizations
Jon C. Pevehouse and Edward D. Mansfield

The Unbundled Executive
Christopher R. Berry and Jacob E. Gersen

2008

A Bridge to Somewhere: Mapping State and Congressional Ideology on a Cross-Institutional Common Space
Christopher Berry, Boris Shor, and Nolan McCarty

Bureaucratic Proceduralism in the Cash Welfare and Food Stamp Programs
Malay Majmundar

The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions
Christopher Berry and Jacob Gersen

The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect: Congresswomen and the Distribution of Federal Spending
Christopher Berry and Sarah Anzia

Mixing Faith and Policy: An Examination of Religiosity and Lottery Adoption in the American States
Cara West

Provision of Public Goods and Government Regime: The Environmental Kuznets Curve for Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Stephanie Waldhoff

QRE, NSNX, and the Paradox of Voting
Howard Margolis

Rich State, Poor State, Red State, Blue State: How Americans Are Polarized and How They’re Not
Boris Shor

2007

Comparison of the Ideology of State Legislatures to Congress Using Cross-Federal Cross-Institutional Common Space Ideal Points
Boris Shor, Christopher Berry, and Nolan McCarty

The Cultural Thing About Corruption: A Case Study of Bribery in Uganda
Duncan Kisia

Mapping Cultural Participation in Chicago
Robert LaLonde and Colm O'Muircheartaigh

Matters of Life and Death: The Durability of Discretionary Programs 1970-2004
Christopher Berry, William Howell, and Barry Burden

Mexican Embassies and Their Impact on Exports
Paulo Esteban Alcaraz, Dawn Bushover, Christina Forst, and Karla G. Mendoza-Lopez

A New Approach to Forecasting Food Stamp Caseloads
Jeffrey Grogger

Regional Decentralization and Institutional Remedies: The Potential for Regional Government with a Focus on Chicagoland
Matt Maloney

While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers
William Howell and Jon Pevehouse

2006

Hawaii's Journey Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency
Linda Lingle

How Can Positive Research Findings Help a Policy Weakling?
James S. Catterall

NATO and the Future of International Peacekeeping
John McCain

Rich State, Poor State, Red State, Blue State: What’s the Matter with Connecticut?
Boris Shor

The Weak Leviathan? Testing Partisan Theories of Political Influence on Defense Procurement in Congressional Districts: 98th–102nd Congress
Boris Shor

2005

Agile Communities: Breakthrough Success by Design
Craig Baker, Simon Bell, Emily Christensen, Ashley Harshak, and Jay Sheerer

Retrospective Voting in Single Function Elections: School Boards, Test Scores, and Incumbents’ Electoral Fortunes
Christopher Berry and William Howell

2004

Campaign Finance, Political Efficacy, and Citizen Trust: Evidence from the States
Jeffrey Milyo and David Primo

A Government's Trustworthiness: Beyond the USA Patriot Act
Tung Yin

Informational Lobbying and Political Contributions
Sven Feldmann and Morten Bennedsen

Informational Privacy: A Crucial Right and Important Element for the First Amendment Rights of Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech
Ginger Reilly

Intellectual Property and External Consumption Effects: Generalizations from Pharmaceutical Markets
Tomas Philipson and Stephane Mechoulan

Lobbying Bureaucracies
Sven Feldmann and Morten Bennedsen

Paying a Price to Win the War on Terrorism
Ethan S. Burger and Geoffrey K. James

Structural Reform Litigation; Legislative Mandates under Remedial Bargaining
Sven Feldmann and Anthony Bertelli

A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Returns to Legislative Oversight
Sean Gailmard and Jeffrey Milyo

2003

The Dual Effects of Intellectual Property Regulations: Within- and Between-Patent Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceuticals Industry
Tomas Philipson and Frank Lichtenberg

Efficacy of State Campaign Finance Reform
Jeffrey Milyo

Examining the Role of Experts in Policy Debates: An Analysis of Expert Opinion on Welfare Reform in The New York Times
Vicki Lens

Expertise, Subversion, and Bureaucratic Discretion
Sean Gailmard

Globalization and Political Conflict: The Long-Term Prognosis
Lloyd Gruber

Governance and the Arts: A Study of Overlapping Jurisdictions in Project Selection and Implementation
Sean Gailmard

Imperfect Judicial Enforcement: Legislative Mandates and Public Law Litigation
Sven Feldmann and Anthony Bertelli

Lobbying and Legislative Organization: The Effect of the Vote of Confidence Procedure
Sven Feldmann and Morten Bennedsen

Lobbying Legislatures
Sven Feldmann and Morten Bennedsen

Multiple Principals and Outside Information on Bureaucratic Policymaking
Sean Gailmard

Power Politics and the Institutionalization of International Relations
Lloyd Gruber

2002

Expertise, Subversion, and Bureaucratic Discretion
Sean Gailmard

Improving Governance: A New Logic for Empirical Research
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. and Carolyn Heinrich

Lobbying Legislatures
Morten Bennedsen and Sven Feldmann

PAC Campaign Contributions Have Little Influence
Jeffrey Milyo, David Primo, and Timothy Groseclose

Pivotal Voting and the Emperor's New Clothes
Howard Margolis

Producing Human Services: Why Do Agencies Collaborate?
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. and Carolyn Hill

Public Management
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

Three Essays on Political Economy
Cesar Velazquez

2001

America's Changing Workforce
Robert LaLonde

The California Overtime Experiment: Labor Demand and the Impact of Overtime Regulation on Hours of Work
Thomas DeLeire, Jay Bhattacharya, and Thomas MaCurdy

Corporate PAC Campaign Contributions in Perspective
Jeffrey Milyo

Digital Government: A Primer for Public Managers
Rowan Miranda

The Empirical Frequency of a Pivotal Vote
Casey Mulligan

Gender Bias and Selection Bias in House Elections
Jeffrey Milyo and Samantha Schosberg

Governance and Performance: New Perspectives
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. and Carolyn Heinrich

International Standards and International Governance
Duncan Snidal

The Internet and Campaigns: Interactively Empowering Citizens

Internet Politics
John Kerry

Logical Deficiencies of Spatial Models: A Constructive Critique
Jeffrey Milyo

The Myth of the Bureaucratic Paradigm: What Traditional Public Administration Really Stood For
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.

Pivotal Voting and the Emperor's New Clothes
Howard Margolis

A Precept of Managerial Responsibility: Securing Collective Justice in Institutional Reform Litigation
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. and Anthony Bertelli

The Presidential Nominating System and the Dynamics of Change
Dr. Andrew E. Busch

Small States First; Large States Last: Toward a Sports Playoff System of Presidential Primaries
Robert D. Loevy

Studying Governance and Public Management: Challenges and Prospects
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Carolyn Heinrich, and Carolyn Hill

What Accounts for Differences in Performance Across Welfare-to-Work Offices?
Carolyn Hill

What Do Candidates Maximize (and Why Should Anyone Care)?
Jeffrey Milyo

1997

Last Chance for the Condemned: Do Media Matter in Gubernatorial Clemency Decisions?
David Protess

1996

Bob Dole's Economic Plan: A Critique
Robert M. Coen

Bob Dole's Economic Plan: Affirmative
Brian Westbury and Chris Recker

National Success of "Motor Votor" Act Merits Imitation in Illinois
Erin Austin Krasik

Watching the Polls: Elections, the Media and Polling
Norman Bradburn


 
Research Features
 
2008
 
Holding Incumbents Accountable in Local Elections
Christopher Berry and William Howell
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2007
 
Income and Education Drive Participation in Chicago’s Cultural Institutions
Robert LaLonde, Colm A. O’Muircheartaigh , Diane Grams , and D. Carroll Joynes
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When Congress and the President Go to War
William Howell and Jon Pevehouse
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2004
 
Campaign Finance Laws and Trust in Government
David Primo and Jeffrey Milyo
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2003
 
The Dual Effects of Intellectual Property Regulation
Tomas Philipson and Frank Lichtenberg
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OP-ED: Political Process Works
Jeffrey Milyo
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2002
 
The International Political Costs of National Missile Defense
Charles L. Glaser and Steve Fetter
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2001
 
A Logic Of Governance: A Framework for Studying the Effectiveness of Public Policy and Programs
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Carolyn Heinrich, and Carolyn Hill
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PAC Campaign Contributions Have Little Influence
Jeffrey Milyo, David Primo, and Timothy Groseclose
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2000
 
Governance and Performance: the Influence of Program Structure and Management on Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program Outcomes
Carolyn J. Heinrich and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.
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Means and Ends: A Comparative Study of Empirical Methods for Investigating Governance and Performance
Carolyn J. Heinrich and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.
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Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions
Lloyd Gruber
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