Thad Kousser

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science

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1.

Reform and Representation: A New Method Applied to Recent Electoral Changes

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 May 2013 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Thad Kousser, Justin Phillips and Boris Shor
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, Columbia University - Department of Political Science and University of Houston - Department of Political Science
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primaries, representation, elections, redistricting, polarization, MRP, ideal points, California

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Social Choice, Crypto-Initiatives and Policy Making by Direct Democracy

U San Diego Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-02
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Feb 2005
Thad Kousser and Mathew D. McCubbins
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Department of Political Science and Law School, Duke University
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initiatives, public policy, legislative authority, policymaking, social choice, public choice, direct democracy, crypto-intiatives, political machines, political action committee

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When Does the Ballot Box Limit the Budget? Politics and Spending Limits in California, Colorado, Utah and Washington

FISCAL CHALLENGES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO BUDGET POLICY, Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth Graddy, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Jul 2007
Thad Kousser, Mathew D. McCubbins and Kaj Rozga
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Law School, Duke University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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tax and expenditure limits, state politics, initiative, referenda, state budget, taxation

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Get Out the Vote by Mail? Evidence from a Natural/Field Experiment

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 May 2009
Kevin Arceneaux, Thad Kousser and Megan Mullin
Temple University - Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Duke University - Nicholas School for the Environment
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field experiment, natural experiment, vote by mail

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For Whom the TEL Tolls: Can State Tax and Expenditure Limits Effectively Reduce Spending?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Thad Kousser, Mathew D. McCubbins and Ellen Seljan
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Law School, Duke University and Lewis & Clark College
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tax and expenditure limits, initiatives, referenda, agency problems, state politics

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Kingmakers or Cheerleaders? Party Power and the Causal Effects of Endorsements

EPSA 2013 Annual General Conference Paper 149
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jun 2013
Thad Kousser, Scott Lucas, Seth E. Masket and Eric McGhee
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Denver and Public Policy Institute of California
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endorsements, parties, California, primaries

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Contingent Partisanship: When Party Labels Matter - and When They Don’t - in the Distribution of Pork in American State Legislatures

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Aug 2013
Gerald Gamm and Thad Kousser
University of Rochester - Department of Political Science and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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distributive politics, pork, partisan polarization, legislatures, parties, state politics

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Get Out the Vote-by-Mail? A Randomized Field Experiment Testing the Effect of Mobilization in Traditional and Vote-by-Mail Precincts

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2009
Kevin Arceneaux, Thad Kousser and Megan Mullin
Temple University - Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Duke University - Nicholas School for the Environment
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Get Out The Vote, Campaigns, Voting-by-Mail, Social Rewards, Field Experiment, Natural Experiment

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Lobbying at the Water's Edge: The Corporate Foreign Policy Lobby

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Nov 2015
Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton, Thad Kousser and David G. Victor
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Parties and Pork in the Emerging Fiscal State

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2012
Thad Kousser and Gerald Gamm
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and University of Rochester - Department of Political Science
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The Roots of Executive Power

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2010
Thad Kousser and Justin Phillips
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Columbia University - Department of Political Science
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governor, bargaining, state government, veto, chief executive, agenda

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Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

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Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2010
John M. de Figueiredo, Chang Ho Ji and Thad Kousser
Duke University School of Law, La Sierra University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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campaign finance, initiatives, referendums, state government

Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

NBER Working Paper No. w16356
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Sep 2010
John M. de Figueiredo, Chang Ho Ji and Thad Kousser
Duke University School of Law, La Sierra University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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The Embattled Metropolis: Big Cities in American State Legislatures

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2010
Gerald Gamm and Thad Kousser
University of Rochester - Department of Political Science and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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state politics, local government

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Parties and Pork: Historical Evidence from the American States

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
Gerald Gamm and Thad Kousser
University of Rochester - Department of Political Science and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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pork, parties, states

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Ideological Adaptation? The Survival Instinct of Threatened Legislators

Journal of Politics, Vol. 69, Issue 3, pp. 828-843, August 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Thad Kousser, Jeffrey B. Lewis and Seth E. Masket
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Does Voting by Mail Increase Participation? Using Matching to Analyze a Natural Experiment

Political Analysis, Vol. 15, Issue 4, pp. 428-445, 2007
Posted: 18 Aug 2009
Thad Kousser and Megan Mullin
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and Duke University - Nicholas School for the Environment

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The Complicated Impact of One Person, One Vote on Political Competition and Representation

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 80, 2002
Posted: 17 Jul 2002
Nathaniel Persily, Thad Kousser and Patrick Egan
Columbia Law School, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science and University of California, Berkeley - Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science

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one person, one vote, legislative redistricting, electoral competition, legislative representation, control of state legislatures, reapportionment