Week 1 (Aug. 29): Course Overview

Week 2 (Sept. 5): Scaling
[1] Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty (2011). The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures. American Political Science Review 105:530-551.
[2] Bonica, Adam (2013). Ideology and Interests in the Political Marketplace. American Journal of Political Science 57:294-311.
[3] Bafumi, Joseph and Michael C. Herron (2010). Leapfrog Representation and Extremism: A Study of American Voters and their Members of Congress. American Political Science Review 104:519-542.

Week 3 (Sept. 12): Representation
[1] Hill, Seth J. and Chris Tausanovitch (2015). A Disconnect in Representation? Comparison of Trends in Congressional and Public Polarization. Journal of Politics 77:1058-1075.
[2] Miller, Warren E., and Donald E. Stokes (1963). Constituency Influence in Congress. American Political Science Review 57:45-56.
[3] Canes-Wrone, Brandice, David W. Brady, and John F. Cogan (2002). Out of Step, Out of Office: Electoral Accountability of House Members Voting. American Political Science Review 1:127-140.

Week 4 (Sept. 19): Representation (continued), Congressional Eletions
[1] Butler, Daniel, and David Nickerson (2011). Can Learning Constituency Opinion Affect How Legislators Vote? Results from a Field Experiment. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 6:55-83.
[2] Ansolabehere, Stephen and Philip Edward Jones (2010). Constituents' Responses to Congressional Roll-Call Voting. American Journal of Political Science 54:583-597.
[3] Fraga, Bernard L. (2016). Candidates or Districts? Reevaluating the Role of Race in Voter Turnout. American Journal of Political Science 60:97-122.

Week 5 (Sept. 26): Congressional Elections
[1] Ansolabehere, Stephen, and James M. Snyder, Jr. (2002). The Incumbency Advantage in U.S. Elections: An Analysis of State and Federal Offices. Election Law Journal 3:315-338.
[2] Jacobson, Gary C. (1989). Strategic Politicians and the Dynamics of U.S. House Elections, 1946-86. American Political Science Review 83:773-793.
[3] Hall, Andrew B., and Daniel L. Thompson (2018). Who Punishes Extremist Nominees? Candidate Ideology and Turning Out the Base in US Elections. American Political Science Review 112:509-524.

Week 6 (Oct. 3): Congressional Elections (continued), State and Local Politics
[1] de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin and Christopher Warshaw (2020). Accountability for the Local Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections. American Political Science Review 114: 660-676.
[2] Erikson, Robert S., Gerald C. Wright, and John P. McIver (1994). Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and the American States. Chapters 4-6.
[3] Cauhgey, Devin, and Chris Warshaw (2018). Policy Preferences and Policy Change: Dynamic Responsiveness in the American States, 1936-2014. American Political Science Review 112:249-266.

Week 7 (Oct. 10): Gridlock and Check and Balances
[1] Binder, Sarah. A. and Steven S. Smith (1997). Politics of Principle? Filibustering in the United States Senate. Chapters 1 and 2.
[2] Krehbiel, Keith (1998). Pivotal Politics. Chapters 2 and 3.
[3] Chiou, Fang-Yi and Max Goplerud (2024). Effective Lawmaking across Congressional Eras. Journal of Politics 86:997-1012.

Week 8 (Oct. 17): Parties and Agenda Control
[1] Cox, Gary W. and Mathew D. McCubbins (2005). Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives. Chapters 2 and 5, pages 87-96.
[2] Chiou, Fang-Yi and Lawrence S. Rothenberg (2003). When Pivotal Politics Meets Partisan Politics. American Journal of Political Science 47:503-522.
[3] Anzia, Sarah F. and Molly C. Jackman (2013). Legislative Organization and the Second Face of Power: Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures. Journal of Politics 75:210-224.

Week 9 (Oct. 24): Parties and Agenda Control (continued)
[1] Richman, Jesse (2011). Parties, Pivots, and Policy: The Status Quo Test. American Political Science Review 105:151-165.
[2] Peress, Michael (2013). Estimating Proposal and Status Quo Locations using Voting and Cosponsorship Data. Journal of Politics 75:613-631.
[3] Clark, Jennifer H. (2012). Examining Parties as Procedural Cartels: Evidence from the U.S. States. Legislative Studies Quarterly 37:491-507.

Week 10 (Oct. 31): Parties and Whipping
[1] Groseclose, Timothy T. and James M. Snyder, Jr. (2000). Estimating Party Influence on Congressional Roll Call Voting. American Journal of Political Science 44:187-205.
[2] Battista, James, and Jesse Richman (2011). Party Pressure in the U.S. State Legislatures. Legislative Studies Quarterly 36:397-422.
[3] McCarty, Nolan, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal (2001). The Hunt for Party Discipline in Congress. American Political Science Review 95:673-687.

Week 11 (Nov. 7): Committees
[1] Fenno, Richard F. (1973). Congressmen in Committees. Chapters 1 and 2.
[2] Shepsle, Kenneth A. (1978). The Giant Jigsaw Puzzle. Chapters 3.
[3] Krehbiel, Keith (1991). Information and Legislative Organization. Chapter 3.

Week 12 (Nov. 14): Committees (continued), Districting
[1] Cox, Gary W., and Mathew D. McCubbins (1993). Legislative Leviathan. Chapters 3 and 7.
[2] Chen, Jowei, and David Cottrell (2016). Evaluating Partisan Gains from Congressional Gerrymandering: Using Computer Simulations to Estimate the Effect of Gerrymandering in the U.S. House. Electoral Studies 44:329-340.
[3] Shotts, Kenneth W. (2003). Does Racial Redistricting Cause Conservative Policy Outcomes? Policy Preferences of Southern Representatives in the 1980s and 1990s. Journal of Politics 65:216-226.

Week 13 (Nov. 21): Money in Politics
[1] Ansolabehere, Stephen, and John M. de Figueiredo, and James M. Snyder, Jr. (2003). Why is There So Little Money in U.S. Politics? Journal of Economic Perspectives 17:105-130.
[2] Anzia, Sarah F., and Christopher R. Berry (2011). The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect: Why Do Congresswomen Outperform Congressmen? American Journal of Political Science55:478-493.
[3] Dynes, Adam M. and Gregory A. Huber (2015). Partisanship and the Allocation of Federal Spending: Do Same-Party Legislators or Voters Benefit from Shared Party Affiliation with the President and House Majority? American Political Science Review 109:172-186.

Week 14 (Dec. 5): Money in Politics (continued), Constituency Service
[1] Bronars, Stephen G. and John R. Lott, Jr. (1997). Do Campaign Donations Alter How a Politician Votes? Or, Do Donors Support Candidates who Value the Same Things that They Do? Journal of Law and Economics 50:317-350.
[2] Grimmer, Justin, Solomon Messing, and Sean Westwood (2012). How Words and Money Cultivate a Personal Vote: The Effect of Legislator Credit Claiming on Constituent Credit Allocation. American Political Science Review 106:703-719.
[3] Grose, Christian R., Neil Malhotra and Robert Parks Van Houweling (2015). Explaining Explanations: How Legislators Explain their Policy Positions and How Citizens React. American Journal of Political Science 59:724-743.