SSRN American University School of Public Affairs (SPA) Research Paper Series

1.

The Economic Imperatives of Marriage: Emerging Practices and Identities Among Youth in the Middle East

Middle East Youth Initiative Working Paper No. 6

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Jan 2008

Working Paper Series

Diane Singerman

American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 881

2.

What is Terrorism?

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0007, APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Joseph K. Young

American University

Downloads 826

3.

The Path to Exoneration

Albany Law Review, 2016 Forthcoming, American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2016-02, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2016-03

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Jon B Gould and Richard A. Leo

American University - School of Public Affairs and University of San Francisco - School of Law

Downloads 449

4.

If Torture is Wrong, What About 24?: Torture and the Hollywood Effect

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0001

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young

Georgia State University - College of Arts and Sciences and American University

Downloads 420

5.

Predicting Erroneous Convictions

99 Iowa Law Review 471 (2014)., Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-19

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jon B Gould, Julia Carrano, Richard A. Leo and Katie Hail-Jares

American University - School of Public Affairs, American University, University of San Francisco - School of Law and American University

Downloads 397

6.

Terrorism and Civil War: A Spatial and Temporal Approach to a Conceptual Problem

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young

Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science and American University

Downloads 387

7.

The Failure of Market Failure

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management: Vol 18, No 4, 558-578, 1999

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Jul 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Richard O. Zerbe Jr. and Howard E. McCurdy

University of Washington - Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and American University

Downloads 362

8.

When Grapevine News Meets Mass Media: Different Information Sources and Perceptions of Government Corruption in Mainland China

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2013

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Jan 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Jiangnan Zhu, Jie Lu and Tianjian Shi

University of Nevada, Reno - Department of Political Science, American University and Duke University

Downloads 293

9.

Examining the Links between Workforce Diversity, Organizational Goal Clarity, and Job Satisfaction

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Edmund C. Stazyk, Randall Davis and Jiaqi Liang

State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Public Administration and Policy, Miami University of Ohio - Miami University Hamilton and American University

Downloads 288

10.

Conflict and Consensus on American Public Opinion on Illegal Immigration

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0006

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Matthew Wright, Morris E. Levy and Jack Citrin

American University, University of California, Berkeley - Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science and University of California, Berkeley

Downloads 285

11.

Is Full Better than Half? Examining the Longitudinal Effects of Full-Day Kindergarten Attendance

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-266

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jul 2005

Working Paper Series

Jill S. Cannon, Alison Jacknowitz and Gary Painter

RAND Corporation, American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 275

12.

Comparing Role-Specific Terrorist Profiles

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Mar 2011

Working Paper Series

Paul Gill and Joseph K. Young

International Center for the Study of Terrorism. Pennsylvania State University and American University

Downloads 262

13.

Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice

Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-20

Number of pages: 434 Posted: 12 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jon B Gould, Julia Carrano, Richard A. Leo and Joseph K. Young

American University - School of Public Affairs, American University, University of San Francisco - School of Law and American University

Downloads 239

14.

The Battle of Ideas and Discourses Before Democratic Transition: Different Democratic Conceptions in Authoritarian China

International Political Science Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Aug 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jie Lu and Tianjian Shi

American University and Duke University

Downloads 213

15.

Environmental Regulation with Supply Chains: Comparing Private and Public Regulation

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0012

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Daniel Fiorino and Manjyot Bhan

American University and American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 179

16.

A Political Economy of Human Rights: Oil, Natural Gas, and State Incentives to Repress

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt and Joseph K. Young

University of North Texas and American University

Downloads 171

17.

Terrorism, Bargaining, and Credible Commitments

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley

American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science

Downloads 154

18.

Barefoot and Pregnant, or Ready to Be President? Gender, Family Roles, and Political Ambition in the 21st Century

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Richard L. Fox and Jennifer L. Lawless

Loyola Marymount University and American University

Downloads 140

19.

Promise and Pitfalls of Terrorism Research

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010

Working Paper Series

Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley

American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science

Downloads 140

20.

Can Peace Be Purchased? A Sectoral-Level Analysis of Aid’s Influence on Transnational Terrorism

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Joseph K. Young and Michael Findley

American University and Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science

Downloads 139

21.

Has the Voting Rights Act Outlived its Usefulness? In a Word, 'No'

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Jan 2009

Working Paper Series

David Lublin, Thomas L. Brunell, Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley

American University, University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine - Department of Politics and Society and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 132

22.

Uncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Aug 2013

Working Paper Series

Richard L. Fox and Jennifer L. Lawless

Loyola Marymount University and American University

Downloads 132

23.

Innocent Defendants: Divergent Case Outcomes and What They Teach Us

in Marvin Zalman & Julia L. Carrano, eds., Wrongful Conviction and Criminal Justice Reform: Making Justice (Routledge 2014)., Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-26

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jon B Gould, Julia Carrano, Richard A. Leo and Katie Hail-Jares

American University - School of Public Affairs, American University, University of San Francisco - School of Law and American University

Downloads 131

24.

The Economic Status of Elderly Divorced Women

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2003-046

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Feb 2008

Working Paper Series

Steven J. Haider, Alison Jacknowitz and Robert F. Schoeni

Michigan State University - Department of Economics, American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center

Downloads 129

25.

Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier to Women's Equality in Electoral Politics

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox

American University and Loyola Marymount University

Downloads 128

26.

Soft Whistleblowing

48 Georgia Law Review 425 (2014)., American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-43

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 12 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Amanda C. Leiter

American University Washington College of Law

Downloads 126

27.

Judging in a Vacuum, or, Once More, Without Feeling: How Justice Scalia’s Jurisprudential Approach Repeats Errors Made in Plessy v. Ferguson

Akron Law Review, Vol. 45, p. 513, 2012

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 27 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Chris Edelson

American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 124

28.

Emerson's Skeptical Morality Compared to Montaigne's and Nietzsche's

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Alan Levine

American University

Downloads 118

29.

Reconciling Family Roles with Political Ambition: The New Normal for Women in 21st Century U.S. Politics

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Richard L. Fox and Jennifer L. Lawless

Loyola Marymount University and American University

Downloads 117

30.

Testing Hosanna-Tabor: The Implications for Pregnancy Discrimination Claims and Employees’ Reproductive Rights

Jessica L. Waters, Testing Hosanna Tabor: The Implications for Pregnancy Discrimination Claims and Employees’ Reproductive Rights, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Vol. 8, 2013,

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jessica L. Waters

American University School of Public Affairs

Downloads 116

31.

Who Believes in Me? The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2633993

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Jul 2015

Working Paper Series

Seth Gershenson, Stephen B. Holt and Nicholas Papageorge

American University - School of Public Affairs, American University and Johns Hopkins University

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 116

32.

Advocates of Dignity Can Do Better than Death

Savannah Law Review, Vol. 3:1, 2016, American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2016-05

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jun 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Lara Schwartz

American University School of Public Affairs

Downloads 115

33.

Accountability and Private Governments

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 12-16, Spring 2005

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 20 Sep 2005

Accepted Paper Series

Laura Langbein and Kim Spotswood-Bright

American University - Department of Economics and American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 106

34.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Journalism: Why Journalists are Failing to Vindicate First Amendment Values and How a New Definition of 'The Press' Can Help

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 15 Jul 2012

Working Paper Series

Chris Edelson

American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 106

35.

Overwhelming Evidence: The Challenges and Opportunities of Evidence-Based Management in the Courts

Judicature, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jon B Gould, Roger E. Hartley, William Raftery, Linda Merola and James C. Oleson

American University - School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore, National Center for State Courts, George Mason University and University of Auckland

Downloads 105

36.

Linking Teacher Quality, Student Attendance, and Student Achievement

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0015

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Nov 2014

Working Paper Series

Seth Gershenson

American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 102

37.

Electoral Systems and the Success of Ethnoregional Parties

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

David Lublin

American University

Downloads 100

38.

Nonprofit Competitive Advantage in Grant Markets: Implications of Network Embeddedness

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 13-07

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Working Paper Series

Lewis Faulk, Jesse D. Lecy and Jasmine McGinnis

American University - School of Public Affairs, Maxwell School of Syracuse University and George Washington University - Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration

Downloads 99

39.

Second Generation Immigrants Attitudes and Behavior under Multiculturalist Policies

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0005, APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Irene Bloemraad and Matthew Wright

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Sociology and American University

Downloads 97

40.

Drug Courts - Just the Beginning: How to Get Other Areas of Public Policy in Sync? Addressing Continuing Collateral Consequences for Drug Offenders

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2016-03

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Caroline Cooper

American University - School of Public Affairs - Justice, Law & Society

Downloads 93

41.

As Local News Goes, So Goes Citizen Engagement: Media, Knowledge, and Participation in U.S. House Elections

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0004, APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Danny Hayes and Jennifer L. Lawless

George Washington University and American University

Downloads 90

42.

American Exceptionalism, Human Resources Management, and the Contract State

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Sep 2009

Working Paper Series

Robert Francis Durant, Amanda M. Girth and Jocelyn Johnston

American University, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University and University of Kansas - Department of Public Administration

Downloads 89

43.

Murder Most Human: A Case for a Categorical Ban of Life-Without-Parole Sentences for All Juvenile Offenders with Guidelines for Release Decisions for Former Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Cases

Forthcoming, Journal of Criminal Justice and Law, Fall 2016, American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper 2016-04

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Mar 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Robert Johnson

American University - School of Public Affairs

Downloads 85

44.

Multiculturalism and Muslim Accommodation: What Reaction Among the Mainstream?

Paper presented at "Causes and Consequences of Immigration and Citizenship Policies" conference, WZB, Berlin, June 27, 2014., American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2015-004

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Feb 2015

Working Paper Series

Matthew Wright, Stuart N. Soroka, Jack Citrin and Richard Johnston

American University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - College of Literature, Science & the Arts, University of California, Berkeley and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Political Science

Downloads 83

45.

Building Public Services Through the Nonprofit Sector: Exploring the Risks of Rapid, Government Funded Growth in Human Service Organizations

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2014-0010

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Jasmine McGinnis, Lewis Faulk and Susannah Bruns Ali

George Washington University - Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, American University - School of Public Affairs and American University

Downloads 82

46.

Representation of Lesbian and Gay Men in Federal, State, and Local Bureaucracies

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 08-21

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Sep 2008

Working Paper Series

Gregory B. Lewis and David Pitts

Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies - Dept. of Public Management & Policy and American University

Downloads 81

47.

Gendering Prime Ministerial and Presidential Leadership in Anglo-American Systems

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Patricia L. Sykes

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 74

48.

More Combatants, More Terror? An Empirical Test of the Outbidding Thesis

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010

Working Paper Series

Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young

Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science and American University

Downloads 68

49.

Games Rivals Play: Terrorism in International Rivalries

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Sep 2010

Working Paper Series

Michael Findley, James Piazza and Joseph K. Young

Brigham Young University - Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Political Science and American University

Downloads 67

50.

Terrorism, Spoiling, and the Resolution of Civil Wars

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Aug 2013

Working Paper Series

Michael Findley and Joseph K. Young

University of Texas at Austin and American University

Downloads 65

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