Scott Ashworth, PhD
Associate Professor, Harris School
Scott Ashworth is an associate professor in the Harris School. His research uses game-theoretic models to study a variety of issues in political science, with a special emphasis on campaigns and elections.
Ashworth's recent research has examined the welfare economics of campaign finance, the sources of the incumbency advantage, the media's influence on policy choice, and some methodological pitfalls in the study of suicide terrorism. His current research has two main foci. The first uses nonstandard models of beliefs to study issues including optimal delegation and targeting in electoral campaigns. The second uses canonical ideas from the theory of contracts to study the impact of domestic politics on international conflict.
Before joining the Harris School, Ashworth was an assistant professor in the department of government at Harvard University and in the department of politics at Princeton University. Ashworth received his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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1155 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Suite 150
Email: sashwort@uchicago.edu
