Research
Published Papers, Books, Working Papers

(Updated October 2011)

PUBLISHED PAPERS

“Gridlock Lobbying:  Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate.”  2012. In Interest Group Politics, 8th ed, Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

“Legislating versus Campaigning:  The Legislative Behavior of Higher Office Seekers.” 2011.  American Politics Research, 39(1): 3-31.

“The Social Utility of Informal Institutions:  Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Representatives.”  2009.  American Politics Research, 37(5): 742-66, with Nils Ringe.

 “Polarized Agents:  Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists,” 2009.  PS:  Political Science & Politics, 42 (3): 485-488 (July), with Gregory Koger. 

“Strategic Lobbying:  Demonstrating how Legislative Context Effects Interest Groups’ Lobbying Tactics” 2007.  American Politics Research. 35(6): 826-845. (view paper in PDF format)

Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2002. "Dynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court: An Empirical Assessment." Harvard Journal on Legislation, 39(2).  (view paper in PDF format)

Bottom, William P., Cheryl L. Eavey, Gary J. Miller, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2000.  "The Institutional Effect on Majority Rule Instability: Bicameralism in Spatial Policy Decisions."  The American Journal of Political Science.  44(3): 523-540.   JSTOR Link to article.

 

BOOK MANUSCRIPT

Bridging the Information Gap: The Social and Political Power of Legislative Member Organizations, with Nils Ringe (University of Wisconsin, Madison).  [Advanced contract with University of Michigan Press. Complete manuscript under review with University of Michigan Press as of 8/1/11.] [ABSTRACT]

 

WORKING PAPERS

(Please do not cite without authors’ permissions)

“Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer:  Information Networks in Legislative Politics,” with Nils Ringe (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Justin Gross (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).  Revise and Resubmit at British Journal of Political Science (resubmitted to journal Oct. 7, 2011). [PDF]

“Playing the Chamber:  How Lobbyists’ Contributions Affect Voting Behavior in the U.S. House and Senate,” with Gregory Koger (University of Miami).  Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Politics (R&R received Oct 3, 2011). [PDF]

 

“Agreement Scores, Ideal Points, and Legislative Polarization,” with Betsy Sinclair (U. Chicago), Seth Masket (U. Denver), and Gregory Koger (U. Miami).  Under review at Social Networks (submitted May 2011). [PDF]

 

“Competing for the Platform:  The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms,” with Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Texas A&M University).  Invited to submit for a peer-reviewed edited volume, most likely with European Consortium for Political Research Press (October 5, 2011).[PDF]

 

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