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Overview

Peverill Squire is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of social sciences, economics, econometrics, and finance, with a notable emphasis on political science and international relations, law, and economics and econometrics as subfields.

The main topics of their work include judicial and constitutional studies, American constitutional law and politics, electoral systems and political participation, policy transfer and learning, law, economics, and judicial systems, legal and constitutional studies, as well as political theory and influence.

Among the recent papers authored by Peverill Squire are:

  • "A Squire Index Update: Stability and Change in Legislative Professionalization, 1979-2021" (2023, State Politics & Policy Quarterly)
  • "An Update to the Squire State Court of Last Resort Professionalization Index" (2021, State Politics & Policy Quarterly)
  • "Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870" (2023, Journal of American History)

Their frequent coauthor is Jordan Butcher.

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • Journal of American History

Peverill Squire has also contributed to the academic book literature with a publication through the University of Michigan Press. The book titled The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900 was published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Measuring State Legislative Professionalism: The Squire Index Revisited

    Peverill Squire

  • Legislative Professionalization and Membership Diversity in State Legislatures

    Peverill Squire

  • Residential Mobility and Voter Turnout

    Peverill Squire;Raymond E. Wolfinger;David P. Glass

  • Career Opportunities and Membership Stability in Legislatures

    Peverill Squire

  • WHY THE 1936 LITERARY DIGEST POLL FAILED

    Peverill Squire

  • 101 Chambers: Congress, State Legislatures, and the Future of Legislative Studies

    Peverill Squire;Keith E. Hamm

  • Uncontested Seats in State Legislative Elections

    Peverill Squire

  • Professionalization and Public Opinion of State Legislatures

    Peverill Squire

  • The Theory of Legislative Institutionalization and the California Assembly

    Peverill Squire

  • The Effect of Partisan Information on Voters in Nonpartisan Elections

    Peverill Squire;Eric R. A. N. Smith

  • Challengers in U. S. Senate Elections

    Peverill Squire

  • Member Career Opportunities and the Internal Organization of Legislatures

    Peverill Squire

  • The Evolution of American Legislatures: Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009

    Peverill Squire

  • Challenger Quality and Voting Behavior in U. S. Senate Elections

    Peverill Squire

  • Membership Turnover and the Efficient Processing of Legislation

    Peverill Squire

  • Comparing Gubernatorial and Senatorial Elections

    Peverill Squire;Christina Fastnow

  • A Squire Index Update

    Peverill Squire

  • Another Look at Legislative Professionalization and Divided Government in the States

    Peverill Squire

  • Candidates, Money, and Voters-Assessing the State of Congressional Elections Research

    Peverill Squire

  • State Legislatures Today: Politics Under the Domes

    Peverill Squire;Gary Moncrief

  • Who runs for the legislature

    Gary F. Moncrief;Peverill Squire;Malcolm Edwin Jewell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary F. Moncrief
Gary F. Moncrief Boise State University
Michael S. Lewis-Beck
Michael S. Lewis-Beck University of Iowa
Caroline J. Tolbert
Caroline J. Tolbert University of Iowa
D. Roderick Kiewiet
D. Roderick Kiewiet California Institute of Technology

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