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		Published and forthcoming work Book Bailey and Maltzman. Forthcoming. The Constrained Court: Law, Politics and the Decisions Justices Make. Princeton University Press. For chapter summaries, see here. Articles The Supreme Court: Legal Model, Attitudinal Model and Separation of Powers o “While there's a Breath in My Body: The Systemic Effects of Politically Motivated Retirement from the Supreme Court” with Albert Yoon. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 23, 3 (July 2011): 293-316. (ungated version here). o Does Legal Doctrine Matter? Unpacking Law and Policy Preferences on the U.S. Supreme Court. with Forrest Maltzman. American Political Science Review 102, 3 (August 2008): 369- 384. o Comparable Preference Estimates across Time and Institutions for the Court, Congress and Presidency. American Journal of Political Science 51, 3 (July 2007): 433-448. o Signals from the Tenth Justice: The Role of the Solicitor General at the Merits Stage. with Brian Kamoie and Forrest Maltzman. American Journal of Political Science. 49, 1 (January 2005): 72-85. o Comparing Presidents, Senators, and Publications Justices: Inter-institutional Preference Estimation. with Kelly Chang. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 17, 2 (October 2001): 477-506. Interstate Competition/Welfare and the Race to the Bottom o Constraining Federalism: Formalizing Expectations about Redistributive Policies in Decentralized Systems. Publius (forthcoming, Spring 2007). [email me for a copy if you wish] o Welfare Migration and the Multifaceted Decision to Move. American Political Science Review.  99, 1 (February 2005): 125 – 135. o A Wider Race? Interstate Competition Across Health and Welfare Programs. with Mark Rom. Journal of Politics 66, 2 (May, 2004): 326 - 347. o State Competition and Higher Education:  A Race to the Top? with Mark Rom and Matt Taylor. Economics of Governance. 5, 1 (April, 2004): 53-75. Congress and Trade Politics o The Politics of the Difficult: The Role of Public Opinion in Early Cold War Aid and Trade Policies. Legislative Studies Quarterly.  28, 2 (May, 2003): 147-178. o Quiet Influence: The Representation of Diffuse Interests on Postwar Trade Policy. Legislative Studies Quarterly 26 (February, 2001): 1- 36. o Heterogeneity and Representation: The Senate and Free Trade. with David Brady.  American Journal of Political Science, 42, 2 (April 1998): 524-544. o The Institutional Roots of American Trade Policy: The Origin and Effects of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. with Judith Goldstein and Barry Weingast. World Politics 49, 3 (April 1997): 309-338. Campaign Finance o The (Sometimes Surprising) Consequences of Societally Unrepresentative Contributors on Legislative Responsiveness. Business and Politics 6, 3 (2004). o The Two Sides of Money in Politics: A Synthesis and Framework. Election Law Journal 3, 4 (Fall 2004): 653-669. Methodology: ideal point estimation o Ideal Point Estimation with a Small Number of Votes: A Random Effects Approach. Political Analysis 9, 3 (Summer, 2001): 192-210. Presidential Persuasion o Presidential Persuasion on Social Issues: A Two Way Street? with Lee Sigelman and Clyde Wilcox.  Political Research Quarterly. 56, 1 (March, 2003): 49-59. Electoral Balancing and midterm losses o “Balancing in the States, 1978-2009” with Elliott Fullmer. State Politics and Policy Quarterly forthcoming. Edited Book o Campaigns and Elections: Contemporary Case Studies.  with Ron Faucheux, Paul Herrnson and Clyde Wilcox.  Congressional Quarterly Press, 1999. Other Publications o "Money and the Possibility of Democratic Governance in Stephen Wayne, ed. Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Government? Georgetown University Press. 2004. o The Other Side of the Coin: The Hidden Benefits of Campaign Finance in Kollman, Miller and Page, ed. Computational Political Economy, MIT Press.  2003. o Standoff in the House: Democrats Come up Short in the Trenches with Keiko Ono in Stephen Wayne and Clyde Wilcox, ed.  The Election of the Century. 2001. o Going After the Ins: How Two Beatable Senate Incumbents Met Challenger Threats with Different Outcomes. Campaigns and Elections 20, 5 (June 1999): 46 - 53. (Reprinted with additional material in Campaigns and Elections:  Contemporary Case Studies.) o Contemporary American Elections:  An Overview. With Ronald Faucheux, Paul Herrnson and Clyde Wilcox.  In Campaigns and Elections: Contemporary Case Studies, 1999:  1-28. o Book Review: Laura D’Andrea Tyson. Who’s Bashing  Whom?  Trade Conflict in High Technology Industries. Stanford Journal of International Affairs 2:2 (Summer 1993): 185 - 188.