Sanford C. Gordon

New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics

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The Effect of Electoral Competitiveness on Incumbent Behavior

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 107-138, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2009
Sanford C. Gordon and Gregory Huber
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and Yale University - Department of Political Science
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Natural experiments, Competitiveness, Incumbents, Elections

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Assessing Partisan Bias in Federal Public Corruption Prosecutions

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Jul 2008
Sanford C. Gordon
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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partisan bias, public corruption, U.S. Attorneys, Justice Department, Bush administration, Clinton administration

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Executive Control vs. Bureaucratic Insulation: Evidence from Federal Contracting

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 May 2010 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2010
Sanford C. Gordon
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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Politicization, President, Bureaucracy, Contracting, Differences-in-Differences

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Do the Advantages of Incumbency Advantage Incumbents?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2010
Sanford C. Gordon and Dimitri Landa
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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elections, incumbency, signaling model, voters

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The Political Economy of Compensatory Federalism

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Oct 2017
Sanford C. Gordon and Dimitri Landa
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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Federalism, polarization, conflict, supermajoritarian

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The Birth of Pork: Local Appropriations in America's First Century

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Dec 2016
Sanford C. Gordon and Hannah Simpson
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and Texas A&M University, Department of Politics
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pork barrel, distributive politics, 19th century, rivers and harbors, infrastructure

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A Silent Corrupting Force? Criminal Sentencing and the Threat of Recall

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jun 2020
Sanford C. Gordon and Sidak Yntiso
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University
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Recall, Judicial Elections, Sentencing, Discrimination, Regression Discontinuity

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Challenger Entry and Voter Learning

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2006
Sanford C. Gordon, Gregory Huber and Dimitri Landa
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics, Yale University - Department of Political Science and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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elections, accountability, endogenous challengers, voters

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Common Problems

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2017
Sanford C. Gordon and Dimitri Landa
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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Polarization, Gridlock, Legislative Productivity

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Using Expert Assessments to Forecast the 2010 House Election

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Sep 2010
Sanford C. Gordon
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics
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Election, House, Forecast

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The Political Economy of Prosecution

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 5, pp. 135-156, 2009
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Sanford C. Gordon and Gregory Huber
New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics and Yale University - Department of Political Science

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Directing Retribution: On the Political Control of Lower Court Judges

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 386-420, 2007
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Gregory Huber and Sanford C. Gordon
Yale University - Department of Political Science and New York University (NYU) - Wilf Family Department of Politics

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