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On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from over 40,000 Close Races
- Andrew C. Eggers, Anthony Fowler, Jens Hainmueller, Andrew B. Hall, J. Snyder
- Political Science
- 1 March 2014
The regression discontinuity (RD) design is a valuable tool for identifying electoral effects, but this design is only effective when relevant actors do not have precise control over election… Expand
Press Coverage and Political Accountability
- J. Snyder, David Strömberg
- Political Science, Economics
- Journal of Political Economy
- 1 April 2010
We estimate the impact of press coverage on citizen knowledge, politicians’ actions, and policy. We find that voters living in areas where, for exogenous reasons, the press covers their U.S. House… Expand
Voting Weights and Formateur Advantages in the Formation of Coalition Governments
- S. Ansolabehere, J. Snyder, Aaron B. Strauss, M. Ting
- Economics, Computer Science
- 1 July 2003
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Valence Politics and Equilibrium in Spatial Election Models
- S. Ansolabehere, J. Snyder
- Economics
- 1 June 2000
Spatial models of two-party or two-candidatecompetition almost never have pure-strategy Nashequilibria when the issue space has more than onedimension. This paper shows that the introduction… Expand
Party Control of State Government and the Distribution of Public Expenditures
- S. Ansolabehere, J. Snyder
- Economics, Business
- 1 December 2006
This paper examines the effects of party control of state governments on the distribution of intergovernmental transfers across counties from 1957 to 1997. We find that the governing parties skew the… Expand
Candidate Positioning in U.S. House Elections
- J. Snyder, S. Ansolabehere
- Political Science
- 2001
siveness waned in the 1980s and 1990s. n an extended republic, the desires of citizens are translated into law through the election of representatives. Candidates present themselves to voters, who… Expand
The Strength of Issues: Using Multiple Measures to Gauge Preference Stability, Ideological Constraint, and Issue Voting
- S. Ansolabehere, J. Rodden, J. Snyder
- Economics
- American Political Science Review
- 1 May 2008
A venerable supposition of American survey research is that the vast majority of voters have incoherent and unstable preferences about political issues, which in turn have little impact on vote… Expand
An Informational Rationale for Political Parties
preferences are not sufficiently close to the party's platform. We find that when party labels are very informa? tive, the parties' platforms converge. When party labels are less informa? tive,… Expand
The Incumbency Advantage in U.S. Elections: An Analysis of State and Federal Offices, 1942–2000
- S. Ansolabehere, J. Snyder
- Sociology
- 1 September 2002
Rising incumbency advantages in U.S. House elections have prompted a wave of new electoral laws, ranging from campaign nance regulations to term limits. We test a central claim for these reforms {… Expand
Political Parties and the Distribution of federal Outlays
Theory: Several models of distributive politics predict a role for parties in determining the allocation of federal outlays. Hypotheses: The number of Democratic voters will be positively correlated… Expand