Articles


Casino Gambling and Income Inequality in the States. 2006. With Elizabeth A. Freund. Policy Studies Journal. 34:265-276.

Running to Lose?: John C. Breckinridge and the Presidential Election of 1860. 2006. With Jeffrey Jenkins. Electoral Studies. 25:306-328

The Lottery and Income Inequality in the States. 2005. With Elizabeth A. Freund. Social Science Quarterly. 86:996-1012.

Turnout and the Local Age Distribution: Examining Political Participation Across Space and Time. 2004. With James G. Gimpel and David R. Armstrong. Political Geography. 23(1): 71-95

A Report on the Reintroduction of the Elephas maximus in the Southern United States: Explaining the Rise of Republican State Parties, 1960-2000. 2004. With M.V. Hood III and Quentin Kidd. American Politics Research. 32: 68-101.

The Key Issue: Constituency Effects and Southern Senators' Roll-Call Voting on Civil Rights. With M.V. Hood III and Quentin Kidd. 2001. Legislative Studies Quarterly. XXVI(4):599-621.

Regulation and "Rent-Seeking": Understanding Attorney Certification. With Grant W. Neeley. 2001. State and Local Government Review. 33(1):42-51.

African American Voting on Proposition 187: Rethinking the Prevalence of Interminority Conflict. 2000. Political Research Quarterly. 53:77-98.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: Racial/Ethnic Context and the Anglo Vote on Proposition 187. With M.V. Hood III. 2000. Social Science Quarterly. 81(1):194-206.

Pork, Partisanship, and the Public Interest: The Reality of the President’s Line-Item Veto. With M.V. Hood III and Grant Neeley. 1999. Political Research Quarterly. 52:753-766.

Of Byrd[s] and Bumpers: Using Democratic Senators to Analyze Political Change in the South, 1950-1995. 1999. With M.V. Hood III and Quentin Kidd. American Journal of Political Science. 43:465-487.

First Branch, or Root? The Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve. 1998. With Michael Munger. Public Choice. 96:363-380.

Boll Weevils and Roll Call Voting: A Study in Time and Space. 1998. With M.V. Hood III. Legislative Studies Quarterly. May: 245-269.

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, . . . But Make Sure They Have a Green Card:  The Effects of Documented and Undocumented Migrant Context on Anglo Opinion Towards Immigration. 1998. With M.V. Hood III. Political Behavior. March: 1-15.

¿Quedate o Vente?: Uncovering the Determinants of Hispanic Public Opinion Towards Immigration. With M.V. Hood III and Kurt Shirkey. 1997. Political Research Quarterly. September 50(3): 627-674.

¿Amigos o Enemigos?: Racial Context, Racial Attitudes, and White Public Opinion Towards Immigration. With M.V. Hood III. 1997. Social Science Quarterly. June 78(2): 309-323.

Appointments, Presidential Power, and the Federal Reserve. With Bill Keech. 1997.  Journal of Macroeconomics. Spring 19(2): 253-267.

On the Coexistence of Directional and Proximity Voters. With George Rabinowitz. 1997. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 9(1): 75-88.

Electoral Pressures, Constituency Interests, and Policymaking:  Monetary Policy Signaling and the Senate Banking Committee. 1995. Social Science Quarterly. 76(4): 902-910.


Revised: October 06, 2006 .