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) |
Discipline |
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.
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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 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.