Publications

About Our Publications

On this page you will find a list of publications by ISPS Affiliates, including peer-reviewed journal articles, policy briefs, and working papers.

When possible, Publications are linked to Projects and Data via the ISPS KnowledgeBase.

Title Author(s) Disciplinesort descending Publication Year
Equal Treatment and the Inelasticity of Tax Policy to Rising Inequality

Ken Scheve and David Stasavage

Political Science Comparative Political Studies 2022
A National Survey Reveals Public Skepticism About Research-Based Treatment Guidelines

Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, David Doherty and Conor Dowling

Political Science Health Affairs 2010
How Robust Is Evidence of Partisan Perceptual Bias in Survey Responses? A New Approach for Studying Expressive Responding

Yair Omer and Gregory Huber

Political Science Public Opinion Quarterly 2021
Do Politicians Racially Discriminate Against Constituents? A Field Experiment on State Legislators

Daniel M. Butler, David E. Broockman

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2011
Ideology, Learning, and Policy Diffusion: Experimental Evidence

Daniel M. Butler, Craig Volden, Adam M. Dynes, Boris Shor

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2015
The Dog That Almost Barked: What the ACA Repeal Fight Says about the Resilience of the American Welfare State

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

Political Science Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2018
Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability

Matias Iaryczower, Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma,  and Adam Meirowitz

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2022
Asking About Attitude Change

Matt Graham and Alex Coppock

Political Science Public Opinion Quarterly 2021
The Causal Effects of Elite Position-Taking on Voter Attitudes: Field Experiments with Elite Communication

David Broockman and Daniel Butler

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2015
Serving the Law or Playing Politics? The Strategic Use of U.S. Attorney Appointments

Christina M. Kinane, Lauren Mattioli

Political Science Presidential Studies Quarterly 2022
Descriptive Social Norms and Motivation to Vote: Everybody's Voting and So Should You

Alan S. Gerber and Todd Rogers

Political Science Journal of Politics 2009
Cross-cutting Cleavages and Ethnic Voting: An Experimental Study of Cuisinage in Mali

Thad Dunning, Lauren Harrison

Political Science American Political Science Review 2010
Stronger Policy, Stronger Politics

Jacob S. Hacker

Political Science American Prospect Magazine 2016
Measuring Misperceptions: Limits of Party-Specific Stereotype Reports

 Lilla V. Orr, Gregory A. Huber

Political Science Public Opinion Quarterly 2021
Do Televised Presidential Ads Increase Voter Turnout? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Jonathan S. Krasno, Donald P. Green

Political Science Journal of Politics 2008
The Cost of Convenience: An Experiment Showing E-Mail Outreach Decreases Voter Registration

Elizabeth A. Bennion and David W. Nickerson

Political Science Political Research Quarterly 2011
Polarization, the Pandemic, and Public Trust in Health System Actors

Alessandro Del Ponte, Alan Gerber, and Eric M. Patashnik

Political Science Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2023
Public Accountability and Political Participation: Effects of a Face-to-Face Feedback Intervention on Voter Turnout of Public Housing Residents

Tiffany C. Davenport

Political Science Political Behavior 2010
Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support

Daniel M. Butler and Jessica Robinson Preece

Political Science Political Research Quarterly 2016
Response Options and the Measurement of Political Knowledge

John G. Bullock and Kelly Rader

Political Science British Journal of Political Science 2021

ISPS Working Paper Series

ISPS advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation. The ISPS network includes scholars and students from many departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and from Yale’s graduate and professional schools as well as select experts from other institutions. The ISPS Working Paper Series provides a platform for ISPS affiliates to make their work available for public consumption and discussion.

ISPS Working Paper Series

Featured Books by ISPS Faculty

ISPS Sponsored Publications

ISPS Politics & Policy Book Series: A series striving to place policy- and law-making in historical and comparative perspective, reflecting the broad, multidisciplinary character of ISPS.

ISPS journals

ISPS Journal: A biannual publication that serves to highlight ISPS scholars’ publications and as a development piece for foundations and interested donors.

GOTV website: A website compiling results from a wide array of voter mobilization field experiments. Findings from these scientifically measured studies of various Get-Out-the-Vote methods offer valuable insight into which methods are most effective in mobilizing voter turnout (Note: the website indexes GOTV experiments published before 2006).

The Bulletin of Yale University includes several issues devoted to ISPS (PDF): 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2004-2006, and 2006-2008.