Working Papers

1. "The Balanced U.S. Press"

Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder

August 31, 2011

balanced_u.s.press_1.pdf

 

2. "The Direct Primary and Candidate-Centered Voting in U.S. Elections"

Shigeo Hirano and James M. Snyder

July, 2011

directprimariescandidatectr.votinguselect..pdf

 

3. "A Simple Explanation for Bias at the 50-50 Threshold in RDD Studies Based on Close Elections"

Olle Folke, Shiego Hirano, and James M. Snyder

May, 2011

asimplerdd.5.31.pdf

 

4. "Patronage and Elections in U.S. States"

Olle Folke, Shigeo Hirano, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

May, 2011

patronage.elections.pdf

 

5. "The Control of Politicians in Normal Times and Times of Crisis: Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressment, 1850-1880"

Pablo Querubin and James M. Snyder, Jr.

November, 2011

political_wealth_final_10252011.pdf political_wealth_final_10252011.pdf

 

6. "Electoral Selection With Parties and Primaries"

James M. Snyder, Jr. and Michael M. Ting

April 17, 2011

electoral_selection_primaries.pdf

 

7. "When Parties are not Teams: Party Positions in Single Member District and Proportional Representation Systems"

Stephen Ansolabehere, William Leblanc, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

party_platform_jms_jan4_2011.pdf

 

8. "Primary Elections and Political Accountability: What Happens to Incumbents in Scandals?"

James M. Snyder, Jr

April, 2012

primaries_scandals_qjps_note.pdf

 

9. "Testing Models of Distributive Politics using Exit Polls to Measure Voters’ Preferences and Partisanship"


Valentino Larcinese, James M. Snyder, Jr., and Cecilia Testa

November 8, 2010

testingmodelsof_distributivepolitics_0.pdf

 

10. "Partisan Bias in Economic News: Evidence on the Agenda-Setting Behavior of U.S. Newspapers"

Valentino Larcinese, Riccardo Puglisi, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

2.partisanbias.usnewspapers_0.pdf


11. "Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps"

Olle Folke and James M. Snyder, Jr.

October, 2010

gub_midterm_slumps_100921_0.pdf

 

12. "Newspaper Coverage of Political Scandals"

Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder, Jr.

December 5, 2010

political_scandals_22_complete_0.pdf

 

13. "Patronage and Elections in U.S. States"

Olle Folke, Shigeo Hirano, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

September, 2010

patronage_and_elections_0.pdf

 

14. "Optimal Market Restrictions in Professional Sports"

William R. Dougan and James M. Snyder, Jr. 

1st version, March,1994; this version, April, 2004

5.opt_.mkt_.restrictions.pdf

 

15. "Estimating the Distribution of Voter Preferences Using Partially Aggregated Voting Data" 

James M. Snyder, Jr . 

February, 2005

6.scaling_aggregated.pdf

 

16. "The Effects of Redistricting on Incumbents"

Stephen Ansolabehere and James M. Snyder, Jr. 

June, 2008 

redist_incumb.pdf

 

17. "Campaign Finance Regulations and the Return on Investment From Campaign Contributions" 

 Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, Jr., and Michiko Ueda 

August, 2004 

8._cf.return.regs_.pdf

 

18. "Does TV Advertising Explain the Rise of Campaign Spending? A Study of Campaign Spending and Broadcast Advertising Prices in US House Elections the 1990s and the 1970s"

Stephen Ansolabehere, Alan S. Gerber, and James M. Snyder, Jr.

9.tv_spending12.pdf

19. "Elections and Reform: The Adoption of Civil Service Systems in the U.S.States"

Michael M. Ting, James M. Snyder, Jr., Shigeo Hirano, and Olle Folke

January 26, 2012

Civil_service_elections_jtp2.pdf