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Mathew D. McCubbins

Mathew D. McCubbins

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Law
USA
2023
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Political Science
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Law

D-Index
56
Citations
32390
World Ranking
35
National Ranking
32

Political Science

D-Index
56
Citations
32446
World Ranking
146
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mathew D. McCubbins was affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research focused on areas related to law, political science, international relations, and strategy and management.

Their published work spanned several topics, including:

  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

The scientist's recent papers included:

  • "Party and Policy in Lineland: A Theory of Conditional Party Cartels," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The President on Capitol Hill: A Theory of Institutional Influence. By Jeffrey E. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. 320p. $105.00 cloth, $35.00 paper.," 2020, Perspectives on Politics
  • "The efficacy of measuring judicial ideal points: The mis-analogy of IRTs," 2021, International Review of Law and Economics
  • "Effect of holding office on the behavior of politicians," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Party and Policy in Lineland: A Theory of Conditional Party Cartels," 2024, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

Frequent co-authors included:

  • John H. Aldrich
  • Gary W. Cox
  • David W. Rohde
  • William B. Heller
  • Philip Keefer

The scientific work of Mathew D. McCubbins was published in various venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • International Review of Law and Economics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

Mathew D. McCubbins was recognized with the following honors:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001

Best Publications

  • Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms

    Mathew D. McCubbins;Thomas Schwartz

  • Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control

    Mathew D. Mccubbins;Roger G. Noll;Barry R. Weingast

  • The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • A THEORY OF POLITICAL CONTROL AND AGENCY DISCRETION

    Randall L. Calvert;Mathew D. McCubbins;Barry R. Weingast

  • The logic of delegation : congressional parties and the appropriations process

    D. Roderick Kiewiet;Mathew D. McCubbins

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

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • The Legislative Design of Regulatory Structure

    Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Presidents, Parliaments, And Policy

    Stephan Haggard;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice, and the Bounds of Rationality

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins;Samuel L. Popkin

  • Learning From Oversight: Fire Alarms and Police Patrols Reconstructed

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriations Decisions

    D. Roderick Kiewiet;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Agenda Power in Brazil's Camara dos Deputados, 1989-98

    Octavio Amorim Neto;Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Representation or abdication? How citizens use institutions to help delegation succeed

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. Mccubbins

  • Positive Canons: The Role of Legislative Bargains in Statutory Interpretation

    Mathew D. McCubbins;Roger G. Noll;Barry R. Weingast

  • Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy

    Elisabeth R. Gerber;Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins;D. Roderick Kiewiet

  • Bonding, Structure and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House

    Gary W. Cox;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Party Power or Preferences? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from American State Legislatures

    Gary W. Cox;Thad Kousser;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States

    Peter F. Cowhey;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • Knowing when to trust others: An ERP study of decision making after receiving information from unknown people

    Cheryl Boudreau;Mathew D. McCubbins;Seana Coulson

  • Connected Coordination: Network Structure and Group Coordination

    Mathew D. McCubbins;Ramamohan Paturi;Nicholas Weller

  • Elements of Reason: The Institutional Foundations of Political Competence: How Citizens Learn What They Need to Know

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins

  • For Whom the TEL Tolls: Can State Tax and Expenditure Limits Effectively Reduce Spending?

    Thad Kousser;Mathew D. McCubbins;Ellen Seljan

  • The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need To Know? Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Series.

    Arthur Lupia;Mathew D. McCubbins

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary W. Cox
Gary W. Cox Stanford University
Arthur Lupia
Arthur Lupia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Barry R. Weingast
Barry R. Weingast Stanford University
D. Roderick Kiewiet
D. Roderick Kiewiet California Institute of Technology
Roger G. Noll
Roger G. Noll Stanford University
Ramamohan Paturi
Ramamohan Paturi University of California, San Diego
Thad Kousser
Thad Kousser University of California, San Diego
Clark C. Gibson
Clark C. Gibson University of California, San Diego
Elisabeth R. Gerber
Elisabeth R. Gerber University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Seana Coulson
Seana Coulson University of California, San Diego

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