Selected Projects
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AllEconomicsIsLocal
We introduce a novel estimation procedure called the spatial-X ordered logit (SLX-OL) that offers the chance to model how voters’ evaluations respond to changes in contextualized economic information. Read More
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CEDA
The California Elections Data Archive (CEDA) compiles all state and local election results into one accessible source for researchers and public agencies.Read More
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CommitteeMatching
I demostrate how "good" committee assignments translate into "good" legislating using an original data source and measurement strategy.Read More
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SymbolicClimateBills
In the US States, liberal legislators with the fewest opportunities to signal efficacy to their constituents are the most likely to support subnational climate change policy efforts.Read More
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TermLimits
Using data on bill cosponsorship from 41 states (82 chambers), we demonstrate that term limits reduce bipartisan cosponsorship even when controlling for average legislative tenure.Read More
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VoteShield
VoteShield is a platform designed to protect the integrity of U.S. elections by placing a virtual security camera on voter registration databases to detect anomalous activity in voter data.Read More
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ElectionAdmin
Selected work on various aspects of US election administration, including topics like absentee ballot verificaiton methods and voter roll list maintenance practices. Read More
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WomenLegislating
We find that female legislators are more collaborative than men, and that this collaborative advantage is greater in chambers where women are systematically excluded from positions of influence.Read More