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D-Index
68
Citations
23747
World Ranking
63
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - William H. Riker Prize for Political Science For advancing the scientific study of politics by integrating the theoretical and empirical analysis of democratic institutions.
  • 1998 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Gary W. Cox is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within political science, economics, and related social sciences.

Recent papers include:

  • Seniority-Based Nominations and Political Careers, 2020, American Political Science Review
  • Nonunitary Parties, Government Formation, and Gamson's Law, 2021, American Political Science Review
  • Window of Opportunity: War and the Origins of Parliament, 2023, British Journal of Political Science
  • Moral hazard in electoral teams: List rank and campaign effort, 2021, Journal of Public Economics
  • The Political Economy of Suffrage Reform: The Great Reform Act of 1832, 2023, Journal of Historical Political Economy

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Jon H. Fiva
  • Alexandra Cirone
  • Mark Dincecco
  • Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato
  • Adriane Fresh

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Political Science Review
  • The Journal of Politics
  • British Journal of Political Science

One book publication is noted:

  • How to be Good, 2020, Bloomsbury Academic eBooks

The main subfields of study include:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Gender Studies
  • Demography

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • European Political History Analysis

Recognition in the field includes several awards:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
  • William H. Riker Prize for Political Science, 2004 - for advancing the scientific study of politics by integrating the theoretical and empirical analysis of democratic institutions
  • Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, APSA, 1998
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1995

Best Publications

  • Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems

    Gary W. Cox

  • Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Making Votes Count

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  • Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • The Efficient Secret: The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England

    Gary W. Cox

  • Centripetal and Centrifugal Incentives in Electoral Systems

    Gary W. Cox

  • Setting the Agenda

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  • Electoral institutions,cleavage structures,and the number of parties

    Gary W. Cox

  • Political Structure and Economic Policy: The Institutional Determinants of Policy Outcomes

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Latin America's Reactive Assemblies and Proactive Presidents

    Gary W. Cox;Scott Morgenstern

  • Closeness, Expenditures, and Turnout in the 1982 U.S. House Elections.

    Gary W. Cox;Michael C. Munger

  • Electoral Institutions, Cleavage Structures, and the Number of Parties

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  • Why Did The Incumbency Advantage In U.S. House Elections Grow

    Gary W. Cox;Jonathan N. Katz

  • Decentralization and the Quality of Government

    Daniel Treisman;Sanchita Bannerjee;Stephen Bloom;Anton Rushakov

  • The Efficient Secret: The Cabinet and the Development of Political Parties in Victorian England

    Sheldon Rothblatt;Gary W. Cox

  • ELECTORAL RULES AND ELECTORAL COORDINATION

    G. Cox

  • Strategic Voting Equilibria under the Single Nontransferable Vote.

    Gary W. Cox

  • The Organization of Democratic Legislatures

    Gary W. Cox

  • Electoral Equilibrium under Alternative Voting Institutions

    Gary W. Cox

  • Political Representation: Swing voters, core voters, and distributive politics

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  • The Logic of Gamson's Law: Pre-election Coalitions and Portfolio Allocations

    Royce Carroll;Gary W. Cox

  • Legislative Leviathan

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  • Turnout and Rural Corruption: New York as a Test Case

    Gary W. Cox;J. Morgan Kousser

  • Seat bonuses under the single nontransferable vote system : evidence from Japan and Taiwan

    Gary W. Cox;Emerson Niou

  • Shadowing Ministers: Monitoring Partners in Coalition Governments

    Royce Carroll;Gary W. Cox

  • The Cost of Intraparty Competition: The Single, Nontransferable Vote and Money Politics in Japan

    Gary W. Cox;Michael F. Thies

  • The Politics Of Divided Government

    Gary W. Cox;Samuel Kernell

  • Sovereign Debt and Regime Type: Reconsidering the Democratic Advantage

    Emily Beaulieu;Gary W. Cox;Sebastian Saiegh

  • How Much Is Majority Status in the U.S. Congress Worth

    Gary W. Cox;Eric Magar

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathew D. McCubbins
Mathew D. McCubbins Duke University
Scott Morgenstern
Scott Morgenstern University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Soberg Shugart
Matthew Soberg Shugart University of California, Davis
Barry R. Weingast
Barry R. Weingast Stanford University
Keith T. Poole
Keith T. Poole University of Georgia
James E. Alt
James E. Alt Harvard University
Sebastian M. Saiegh
Sebastian M. Saiegh University of California, San Diego
Douglass C. North
Douglass C. North Washington University in St. Louis
Thad Kousser
Thad Kousser University of California, San Diego

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