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Robert M. Stein

Robert M. Stein

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Political Science

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6459
World Ranking
747
National Ranking
397

Overview

Robert M. Stein is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, artificial intelligence, and public administration.

Stein's work is centered on several key topics including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Their publications have appeared frequently in these venues:

  • Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • American Politics Research
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Stein include:

  • "Recruiting Persons to Work the Polls" (2021), published in Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • "How Human Factors Can Help Preserve Democracy in the Age of Pandemics" (2020), published in Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • "Voter Perceptions of Secrecy in the 2020 Election" (2023), published in Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • "How to Measure and Assess the Turnout Effects of Election Reforms" (2020), published in Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy
  • "The Costs of Voting and Voter Confidence" (2024), published in Political Research Quarterly

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Stein include:

  • Lonna Rae Atkeson
  • Barry C. Burden
  • Matt Lamb
  • Eli McKown-Dawson
  • Bram Caers

Best Publications

  • Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel

    Robert M. Stein;Kenneth N. Bickers

  • Reconciling Context and Contact Effects on Racial Attitudes

    Robert M. Stein;Stephanie Shirley Post;Allison L. Rinden

  • Urban alternatives : public and private markets in the provision of local services

    Robert M. Stein

  • Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystems and American Democracy

    Robert M. Stein;Kenneth N. Bickers

  • The Electoral Dynamics of the Federal Pork Barrel

    Kenneth N. Bickers;Robert M. Stein

  • Who is Held Responsible When Disaster Strikes? The Attribution of Responsibility for a Natural Disaster in an Urban Election

    Kevin Arceneaux;Robert M. Stein

  • Performance assessment of topologically diverse power systems subjected to hurricane events

    James Winkler;Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio;Robert Stein;Devika Subramanian

  • Economic Voting for Governor and U. S. Senator: The Electoral Consequences of Federalism

    Robert M. Stein

  • Introduction: Early Voting

    Robert M. Stein

  • The Congressional Pork Barrel in a Republican Era

    Kenneth N. Bickers;Robert M. Stein

  • Engaging the Unengaged Voter: Vote Centers and Voter Turnout

    Robert M. Stein;Greg Vonnahme

  • Voting early but not often

    R. M. Stein;P. A. Garcia-Monet

  • Who Evacuates When Hurricanes Approach? The Role of Risk, Information, and Location*

    Robert M. Stein;Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio;Devika Subramanian

  • The Allocation of Federal Aid Monies: The Synthesis of Demand-Side and Supply-Side Explanations

    Robert M. Stein

  • Contextual data and the study of elections and voting behavior: connecting individuals to environments

    M. Johnson;W. Phillips Shively;R.M. Stein

  • Interlocal Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grant Awards

    Kenneth N. Bickers;Robert M. Stein

  • The Electability of Women Candidates: The Effects of Sex Role Stereotypes

    Ronald D. Hedlund;Patricia K. Freeman;Keith E. Hamm;Robert M. Stein

  • The Budgetary Effects of Municipal Service Contracting: A Principal-Agent Explanation

    Robert M. Stein

  • Tiebout's Sorting Hypothesis

    Robert M. Stein

  • Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Congressional elections and the pork barrel

    Robert M. Stein;Kenneth N. Bickers

  • Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Federal agencies in four cabinet departments: Budgetary changes proposed by the Reagan administration for FY 1983

    Robert M. Stein;Kenneth N. Bickers

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan S. Wallach
Dan S. Wallach Rice University
Costas Panagopoulos
Costas Panagopoulos Northeastern University
Barry C. Burden
Barry C. Burden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kevin Arceneaux
Kevin Arceneaux Sciences Po
R. Michael Alvarez
R. Michael Alvarez California Institute of Technology
Michael D. Byrne
Michael D. Byrne Rice University
Philip Kortum
Philip Kortum Rice University
Edward Barkan
Edward Barkan Zebra Technologies (United States)
Michael C. Herron
Michael C. Herron Dartmouth College

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