Gary Jacobson's classic text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to
congressional elections and the electoral process. Based on the latest data from the …

Abstract In the Regression Discontinuity (RD) design, units are assigned a treatment based
on whether their value of an observed covariate is above or below a fixed cutoff. Under the …

Following David Lee's pioneering work, numerous scholars have applied the regression
discontinuity (RD) design to popular elections. Contrary to the assumptions of RD, however …

A simple rational entry argument suggests that the value of incumbency consists not just of a
direct effect, reflecting the value of resources (such as staff) attached to legislative office, but …

This article extends the Calvert-Wittman candidate-location model by allowing one
candidate to have a valence advantage over the other, due to, say, superior character …

To examine the traditional view that challenger spending is more effective than incumbent
spending, I reestimate the effects of spending using instrumental variables that affect a …

Over the past several decades women's lives in the public sphere have increased
dramatically, providing women with more political resources than they have ever had before …

SOME TIME IN THE LATE 1960S, congressional scholars began to note the increasing vote
margins of US House incumbents. By the mid-1970s, a full-blown debate about the …

This research examines whether citizens utilize gender stereotypes to infer candidates'
ideological orientations. Analysis of data from the 1988-1990-1992 Pooled Senate Election …

Does negative campaigning influence the likelihood of voting in elections? Our study of US
Senate campaigns indicates the answer is “yes.” We find that people distinguish between …