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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

James E. Alt is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Law, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Computer Science Applications.

The scientist's main topics of work cover several areas including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Online Learning and Analytics

James E. Alt has published extensively, with frequent contributions to Harvard Dataverse and The Journal of Politics. Key recent papers include:

  • "Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters" (2021, The Journal of Politics)
  • "TableA7_PanelG.do" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)
  • "Table1.do" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)
  • "Table3_PanelC.do" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)
  • "TableA9.do" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)

Their frequent co-authors include Amalie Jensen, Horacio Larreguy, David Dreyer Lassen, and John Marshall, with whom they have collaborated on numerous projects.

James E. Alt has been recognized through awards such as the Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded in 2004, and the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Divided Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Budget Deficits: Evidence from the States.

    James E. Alt;Robert C. Lowry

  • Perspectives on positive political economy

    James E. Alt;Kenneth A. Shepsle

  • Transparency, Political Polarization, and Political Budget Cycles in OECD Countries

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen

  • A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies

    Gary King;James E. Alt;Nancy Elizabeth Burns;Michael Laver

  • Fiscal transparency, political parties, and debt in OECD countries

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen

  • Partisan Dealignment in Britain 1964–1974

    Ivor Crewe;Bo Särlvik;James Alt

  • Fiscal Policy Outcomes and Electoral Accountability in American States

    Robert C. Lowry;James E. Alt;Karen E. Ferree

  • The Political Economy of International Trade : Enduring Puzzles and an Agenda for Inquiry

    James E. Alt;Jeffry Frieden;Michael J. Gilligan;Dani Rodrik

  • The Political Economy of Institutions and Corruption in American States

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen

  • The political economy of trading states: Factor specificity, collective action problems and domestic political institutions

    James E. Alt;Michael Gilligan

  • A Dynamic Model of State Budget Outcomes under Divided Partisan Government

    James E. Alt;Robert C. Lowry

  • Reputation and Hegemonic Stability: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

    James E. Alt;Randall L. Calvert;Brian D. Humes

  • Fiscal Transparency, Gubernatorial Approval, and the Scale of Government: Evidence from the States

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen;David Skilling

  • Political Parties, World Demand, and Unemployment: Domestic and International Sources of Economic Activity

    James E. Alt

  • Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits

    James E. Alt;Ethan Bueno de Mesquita;Shanna Rose

  • Asset Specificity and the Political Behavior of Firms: Lobbying for Subsidies in Norway

    James E. Alt;Fredrik Carlsen;Per Heum;Kåre Johansen

  • Political and Judicial Checks on Corruption: Evidence from American State Governments

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen

  • The Causes of Fiscal Transparency: Evidence from the U.S. States

    James E. Alt;David Dreyer Lassen;Shanna Rose

  • The politics of economic decline

    James E. Alt

  • It isn't just about Greece: domestic politics, transparency and fiscal gimmickry in Europe

    James Alt;David Dreyer Lassen;Joachim Wehner

  • The evolution of tax structures

    James E. Alt

  • Transparency and Accountability: Empirical Results for US States

    James E. Alt;Robert C. Lowry

  • Fiscal Transparency, Political Parties, and Debt in OECD Countries

    David Dreyer Lassen;James E. Alt

  • The Political Economy of Institutions and Corruption in American States

    David Dreyer Lassen;James E. Alt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivor Crewe
Ivor Crewe University of Oxford
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Kenneth A. Shepsle Harvard University
Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
John H. Aldrich
John H. Aldrich Duke University
Arthur Lupia
Arthur Lupia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ian Preston
Ian Preston University College London
Norman Schofield
Norman Schofield Washington University in St. Louis
Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina Harvard University
Margaret Levi
Margaret Levi Stanford University
Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom Indiana University

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