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Jeffrey K. Staton

Jeffrey K. Staton

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Political Science

D-Index
27
Citations
5887
World Ranking
1422
National Ranking
712

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Edward S. Corwin Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Jeffrey K. Staton is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences, with a focus on law, political science, and economics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, Staton has worked extensively on subfields such as:

  • Law
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Development

The primary topics of their work cover a range of judicial and political themes:

  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • International Development and Aid
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research

Staton has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • American Political Science Review
  • Journal of Law and Courts
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks

Recent papers by Staton include:

  • "V-Dem Codebook v11," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "V-Dem Dataset v11.1," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "V-Dem Codebook v14," 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak Courts," 2021, American Political Science Review
  • "Public Reactions to Noncompliance with Judicial Orders," 2021, American Political Science Review

Their book publications include:

  • Can Courts be Bulwarks of Democracy? (2022), Cambridge University Press
  • V-Dem [Country-year/country-date]: Dataset V11. 1 (2020), University of East Anglia

Frequent co-authors of Staton include:

  • Christopher Reenock
  • Jordan Holsinger
  • Staffan I. Lindberg
  • Adam Glynn
  • Michael Coppedge

Among awards, Staton received the Edward S. Corwin Award from the American Political Science Association in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach

    Michael Coppedge;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • V-Dem Dataset V6.2

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Staffan I. I. Lindberg;Svend-Erik Skaaning

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Domestic Judicial Institutions and Human Rights Treaty Violation

    Emilia Justyna Powell;Jeffrey K. Staton

  • Judicial Power and Strategic Communication in Mexico

    Jeffrey K. Staton

  • The Value of Vagueness: Delegation, Defiance, and Judicial Opinions

    Jeffrey K. Staton;Georg Vanberg

  • V-Dem Codebook v11

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  • An Evaluation of Cross-National Measures of Judicial Independence

    Julio Ríos-Figueroa;Jeffrey K. Staton

  • Constitutional Review and the Selective Promotion of Case Results

    Jeffrey K. Staton

  • V-Dem Codebook V10

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  • V-Dem Dataset v7

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Judicial Power in Domestic and International Politics

    Jeffrey K. Staton;Will H. Moore

  • Judicial Policy Implementation in Mexico City and Merida

    Jeffrey K. Staton

  • A Measurement Model for Synthesizing Multiple Comparative Indicators: The Case of Judicial Independence

    Drew Linzer;Jeffrey Kaplan Staton

  • Dual Nationality Among Latinos: What Are the Implications for Political Connectedness?

    Jeffrey K. Staton;Robert A. Jackson;Damarys Canache

  • Unpacking the Rule of Law: A Review of Judicial Independence Measures

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  • Rational Remedies: The Role of Opinion Clarity in the Inter-American Human Rights System

    Jeffrey K Staton;Alexia Romero

  • Legal Institutions and Democratic Survival

    Christopher Reenock;Jeffrey K. Staton;Marius Radean

  • Courts in Latin America: The Puzzling Judicial Politics of Latin America

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  • Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Adam Glynn;Carl Henrik Knutsen

  • State Delegate Selection Rules for Presidential Nominations, 1972–2000

    Scott R. Meinke;Jeffrey K. Staton;Steven T. Wuhs

  • The Costa Rican Supreme Court’s Compliance Monitoring System

    Varun Gauri;Jeffrey K. Staton;Jorge Vargas Cullell

  • Using Twitter to Study Public Discourse in the Wake of Judicial Decisions: Public Reactions to the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex-Marriage Cases

    Tom S. Clark;Jeffrey K. Staton;Yu Wang;Eugene Agichtein

  • Constitutional Reform and the Gender Diversification of Peak Courts

    Nancy Arrington;Leeann Bass;Adam Glynn;Jeffrey K. Staton

  • Can Courts be Bulwarks of Democracy

    Jeffrey K. Staton;Jeffrey K. Staton;Christopher Reenock;Jordan Holsinger;Staffan Lindberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin
Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Svend-Erik Skaaning Aarhus University
David Altman
David Altman Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
M. Steven Fish
M. Steven Fish University of California, Berkeley
Aksel Sundström
Aksel Sundström University of Gothenburg
Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt Harvard University
Anna Lührmann
Anna Lührmann Federal Foreign Office

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