Adam Bonica

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305

United States

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The Political Ideologies of American Lawyers

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 732, HKS Working Paper No. 15-049
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2015
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Ideology; Lawyers; Law School; Campaign Donations

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The Legal Academy's Ideological Uniformity

Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 17-12, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 806, HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-023
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2018
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton, Kyle Rozema and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Law Professors, Political Ideologies, Legal Profession

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State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
Adam Bonica and Michael J. Woodruff
Stanford University and New York University Department of Politics
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state courts, ideology, judical politics, judicial selection, judicial elections, ideal point estimation

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Mapping the Ideological Marketplace

American Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2013
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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ideal point estimation, ideology, campaign finance, money in politics

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Avenues of Influence: On the Political Expenditures of Corporations and Their Directors and Executives

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2015
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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corporate political strategies, campaign contributions, lobbying, political ideology

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The Political Ideologies of Law Clerks

American Law and Economics Review 19(1):96-128, 2017, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 756
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2017
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton, Jacob Goldin, Kyle Rozema and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School, Stanford Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Political Ideologies, Law Clerks, Judges

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The Wealth Elasticity of Political Contributions by the Forbes 400

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2018
Adam Bonica and Howard Rosenthal
Stanford University and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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Political Contributions, Wealth

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Inferring Roll Call Scores from Campaign Contributions Using Supervised Machine Learning

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2017
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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ideal point estimation, supervised machine learning, Congress, campaign contributions

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Measuring Judicial Ideology Using Law Clerk Hiring

American Law and Economics Review 19(1):129-161, 2017, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. RWP16-031, HKS Working Paper No. 16-031
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2017
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton, Jacob Goldin, Kyle Rozema and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School, Stanford Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Political Ideologies, Law Clerks, Judges, Judicial Behavior, Judicial Ideology

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Professional Networks, Early Fundraising, and Electoral Success

Election Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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Primary Elections, Early Fundraising, Professional Networks, Representation

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Legal Rasputins? Law Clerk Influence on Voting at the U.S. Supreme Court

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 01 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2018
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton, Jacob Goldin, Kyle Rozema and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School, Stanford Law School, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Judicial Behavior, Personnel Economics, Law Clerks

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Ideological Extremists in the U.S. Congress: Out of Step but Still in Office

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 May 2017
Adam Bonica and Gary W. Cox
Stanford University and Stanford University
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Campaigns, Elections, Representation, Ideology, Partisanship

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Why Are There So Many Lawyers in Congress?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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Representation, Campaign Finance, Candidate Entry, Early Fundraising, Primary Elections, Professional Networks, Lawyers

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Ideology and Interests in the Political Marketplace

American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2012
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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Are Donation-Based Measures of Ideology Valid Predictors of Individual-Level Policy Preferences?

Forthcoming at Journal of Politics
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2018
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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Preference Measurement, Ideology, Ideal Point Estimation, CCES, Donors, Campaign Contributors, Validation, Predictive Validity

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Estimating Bureaucratic Ideal Points from Campaign Contributions

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2012
Adam Bonica, Jowei Chen and Tim Johnson
Stanford University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Political Science and Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University
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Bureaucracy, Ideal Point Estimation, Political Ideology, Senate Confirmation

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The Politics of Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan Incentives to Politicize the Judiciary

HKS Working Paper No. RWP15-001
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Adam Bonica and Maya Sen
Stanford University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Punctuated Origins of Senate Polarization

Legislative Studies Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2013
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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The 'Odd Party Out' Theory of Certiorari

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-020
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 22 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2023
Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton and Maya Sen
Stanford University, University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Supreme Court, Certiorari, Judicial Behavior, Judicial Ideology, Political Ideology

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A Day by Day Measure of Legislator Ideology: Non-Parametric Smoothing of Legislator Ideal Points with Optimal Classification

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Adam Bonica
Stanford University
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Ideal Point Estimation, Optimal Classification, Ideology, Smoothing, US Senate

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Why Hasn’t Democracy Slowed Rising Inequality?

Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 27, Number 3, Summer 2013, Pages 103-124
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 May 2019
Adam Bonica, Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal
Stanford University, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia - School of Public and International Affairs and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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democracy, inequality

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Breaching the Biennial Limit: Why the FEC Has Failed to Enforce Aggregate Hard-Money Limits and How Record Linkage Technology Can Help

Willamette Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Dec 2013
Adam Bonica and Jenny Shen
Stanford University and Hogan Lovells
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Election Law, Campaign Finance, Record-linkage

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Small Donors, Special Interests and Polarization in Congressional Elections

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2012
Adam Bonica
Stanford University

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