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
Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, Christopher W. Larimer

Political Science American Political Science Review 2008
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
America’s Welfare Parastate

Jacob S. Hacker

Political Science Perspectives on Politics 2016
An Experiment Testing the Relative Effectiveness of Encouraging Voter Participation by Inducing Feelings of Pride or Shame

Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green and Christopher W. Larimer

Political Science Political Behavior 2010
Evaluating Bias and Noise Induced by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Privacy Protection Methods

Christopher T. Kenny, Cory McCartan, Shiro Kuriwaki, Tyler Simko, and Kosuke Imai

Political Science Science Advances 2024
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
Lethal Incompetence: Voters, Officials, and Systems

Jonathan Bendor, John G. Bullock

Political Science Critical Review 2008
Equal Treatment and the Inelasticity of Tax Policy to Rising Inequality

Ken Scheve and David Stasavage

Political Science Comparative Political Studies 2022
Can the Backlash Against Voter ID Laws Activate Minority Voters? Experimental Evidence Examining Voter Mobilization Through Psychological Reactance

Daniel R. Biggers

Political Science Political Behavior 2019
Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support

Daniel M. Butler and Jessica Robinson Preece

Political Science Political Research Quarterly 2016
How and When Candidate Race Affects Inferences About Ideology and Group Favoritism

Jennifer D. Wu and Gregory A. Huber

Political Science Political Science Research and Methods 2024
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
Helping Friends or Influencing Foes: Electoral and Policy Effects of Campaign Finance Contributions

Keith E. Schnakenberg and Ian R. Turner

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2020
The Effect on Turnout of Campaign Mobilization Messages Addressing Ballot Secrecy Concerns: A Replication Experiment

Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, Albert H. Fang, Catlan E. Reardon

Political Science PLOS ONE 2017
The Causal Effect of Media-Driven Political Interest on Political Attitudes and Behavior

Daniel M. Butler, Ana L. De La O

Political Science Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2011
Congress as Problem Solver: Building Consensus Despite Polarization

James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee

Political Science ISPS working paper 2025
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
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
Measuring Misperceptions: Limits of Party-Specific Stereotype Reports

 Lilla V. Orr, Gregory A. Huber

Political Science Public Opinion Quarterly 2021
Why Masses Support Democratic Backsliding

Noam Gidron, Yotam Margalit, Lior Sheffer, and Itamar Yakir

Political Science American Journal of Political Science 2025

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.