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Andrew C. Eggers is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their academic contributions extend into related subfields including economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, and statistics and probability.

Eggers' scholarship concentrates on several key topics. These include electoral systems and political participation, game theory and voting systems, Benford's law and fraud detection, social policy and reform studies, gender politics and representation, economic policies and impacts, and climate change communication and perception.

The scientist has published extensively across various academic venues. Among the frequent publication platforms are Harvard Dataverse, The Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and CrimRxiv.

Several papers demonstrate the range of research interests and depth pursued by Eggers. Notable recent works include:

  • Placebo Tests for Causal Inference (2023), published in American Journal of Political Science
  • No evidence for systematic voter fraud: A guide to statistical claims about the 2020 election (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Who Votes More Strategically? (2020), American Political Science Review
  • No evidence for systematic voter fraud: A guide to statistical claims about the 2020 election (2021), CrimRxiv
  • Susceptibility to Strategic Voting: A Comparison of Plurality and Instant-Runoff Elections (2023), The Journal of Politics

Eggers has collaborated with several co-authors on multiple occasions. Frequent collaborators include Guadalupe Tuñón, Allan Dafoe, Haritz Garro, Justin Grimmer, and Leonardo Carella.

Best Publications

  • On the validity of the regression discontinuity design for estimating electoral effects: : new evidence from over 40,000 close races

    Andrew C. Eggers;Anthony Fowler;Jens Hainmueller;Andrew B. Hall

  • MPs for Sale? Returns to Office in Postwar British Politics

    Andrew C. Eggers;Jens Hainmueller

  • Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions

    Andrew C. Eggers;Ronny Freier;Veronica Grembi;Tommaso Nannicini

  • Well-being and unemployment in Russia in the 1990s: Can society's suffering be individuals’ solace?

    Andrew Eggers;Clifford Gaddy;Carol Graham;Carol Graham

  • Partisanship and Electoral Accountability: Evidence from the UK Expenses Scandal

    Andrew C. Eggers

  • Corruption, accountability, and gender : do female politicians face higher standards in public life?

    Andrew C. Eggers;Nick Vivyan;Markus Wagner

  • Proportionality and Turnout: Evidence From French Municipalities

    Andrew C. Eggers

  • Capitol Losses: The Mediocre Performance of Congressional Stock Portfolios

    Andrew C. Eggers;Jens Hainmueller

  • No evidence for systematic voter fraud: A guide to statistical claims about the 2020 election.

    Andrew C. Eggers;Haritz Garro;Justin Grimmer

  • Ministerial Responsiveness in Westminster Systems: Institutional Choices and House of Commons Debate, 1832–1915

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • Electoral Accountability and the UK Parliamentary Expenses Scandal: Did Voters Punish Corrupt MPs?

    Andrew C. Eggers;Alexander C. Fisher

  • Party Cohesion in Westminster Systems: Inducements, Replacement and Discipline in the House of Commons, 1836–1910

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • Incumbency Effects and the Strength of Party Preferences: Evidence from Multiparty Elections in the United Kingdom

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • Electoral Security as a Determinant of Legislator Activity, 1832–1918: New Data and Methods for Analyzing British Political Development

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • Who Votes More Strategically

    Andrew C. Eggers;Nick Vivyan

  • Political capital: corporate connections and stock investments in the U.S. congress, 2004-2008

    Andrew C. Eggers;Jens Hainmueller

  • The role of output composition in the stabilization of US output growth

    Andrew Eggers;Yannis M. Ioannides

  • On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from over 40,000 Close Races

    Andrew C. Eggers;Anthony Fowler;Jens Hainmueller;Andrew B. Hall

  • Quality-Based Explanations of Incumbency Effects

    Andrew C. Eggers

  • Guarding the Guardians: Legislative Self-Policing and Electoral Corruption in Victorian Britain ∗

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • The Shadow Cabinet in Westminster Systems: Modeling Opposition Agenda Setting in the House of Commons, 1832–1915

    Andrew C. Eggers;Arthur Spirling

  • Rallying in fear? Estimating the effect of the UK COVID-19 lockdown with a natural experiment

    Andrew C. Eggers;Robin Harding

  • Representation and district magnitude in plurality systems

    Andrew C. Eggers;Alexander B. Fouirnaies

  • The economic impact of recession announcements

    Andrew C. Eggers;Martin Ellison;Sang Seok Lee

  • Open/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the U.K.

    Jack Blumenau;Andrew C. Eggers;Dominik Hangartner;Dominik Hangartner;Simon Hix

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Spirling
Arthur Spirling Princeton University
Jens Hainmueller
Jens Hainmueller Stanford University
James M. Snyder
James M. Snyder Harvard University
Ngaire Woods
Ngaire Woods University of Oxford
Markus Wagner
Markus Wagner University of Vienna
Simon Hix
Simon Hix European University Institute
Carol Graham
Carol Graham Brookings Institution
Yannis M. Ioannides
Yannis M. Ioannides Tufts University
Peter John Loewen
Peter John Loewen Cornell University

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