Conference Papers
Two Sides of the Same Coin?: A Panel Granger Analysis of Black Electoral Mobilization and GOP Growth in the South, 1960-2004. 2006. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. Presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, SC.
With a Little Help from His Friends: The Impact of Presidential Campaign Visits on Congressional Roll-Call Votes. 2006. With Paul Herrnson. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
Black Mobilization and the Growth of Southern Republicanism: Two Sides of the Same Coin? 2006. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
The Lottery and Income Inequality in the States. 2004. With Elizabeth A. Freund. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, Baltimore, MD.
The Numbers Game: Lotteries and Income Inequality in the States. 2004. With Elizabeth A. Freund. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Studying Central Bank Independence: The Problem of Missing Data. 2003. With David A. Armstrong II. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Megachurches in Maryland: The Demographics of Church Location Patterns and Their Implications for Community Development (poster for poster session). 2003. With Wayne V. McIntosh and Lynne Garcia. Poster prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Missing Data and the Measurement of Central Bank Independence. 2002. With David A. Armstrong II. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Savannah, GA.
Race and Southern Gubernatorial Races: A 50-Year Assessment. 2002. With Quentin Kidd and M.V. Hood III. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, MA.
Generational Replacement, Turnout Deficits and Partisan Advantage in the South and Midwest. 2002. With James G. Gimpel and David Armstrong. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, MA.
Measuring Central Bank Independence: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to an Valid Indicator. 2002. With David A. Armstrong II. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association. New Orleans, LA.
Key 50 Years Later: Understanding the Racial Dynamics of 21st Century Southern Politics. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. 2001. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA.
The VRA and Beyond: Understanding African-American Political Mobilization in the Modern American South. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. 2001. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. San Francisco, CA.
The VRA and Beyond: Understanding Black Political Mobilization in the Modern American South. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. 2000. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA.
Conventional Politics in Exceptional Times: Representation, Impeachment, and the Power of Money (revised and updated). 2000. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC.
Conventional Politics in Exceptional Times: Representation, Impeachment, and the Power of Money. 2000. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. Charleston, SC.
Running to Lose: Breckinridge and the Presidential Election of 1860. 2000. With Jeffrey Jenkins. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. Charleston, SC.
Regulation, Transaction Costs, and Market Failures: Understanding Attorney Certification. 1999. With Grant Neeley. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Savannah, GA.
Where Have All the Democrats Gone?: A State-level Study of Southern Republicanism. 1999. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Savannah, GA.
Elephants in Dixie: A State-level Analysis of the Rise of the Republican Party in the Modern South. 1999. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA.
Natural Disaster: The Politics of Relief. With Grant Neeley. 1999. Pesented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association. San Antonio, TX.
Games Policymakers Play: Preferences, Institutions, and Information in the formation of American Monetary Policy. 1999. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. New Orleans, LA.
Courting the Regulators: A State-Level Study of Attorney Certification. 1998. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA.
The Multi-Institutional Model Meets the Real World: The Case of Monetary Policymaking in the U.S. 1998. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, MA.
Revisiting Political Control of American Monetary Policy: Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve. 1998. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. New Orleans, LA.
Re-Thinking the "Racial/Ethnic Diversity" Interpretation of State-level Policymaking: The Devil is in the Details. With M.V. Hood III. 1997. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Norfolk, VA.
The Transmission and Use of Information: Who Knows Whom and Who Knows What in Two State Legislatures. With John J. Hindera. 1997. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Norfolk, VA.
Interminority Conflict and Migration Policy: Thoughts on Data on African Americans Opinions Toward Immigration. 1997. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, D.C.
Re-Thinking the Principal-Agent Model or The New Politics of Organizations. 1997. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. San Francisco, California.
Of Byrd(s) and Bumpers: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Study of the Roll-Call Voting Behavior of Democratic Senators from the South, 1960-1995. With Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Pest Control: Southern Politics and the Eradication of the Boll Weevil. With Trey Hood. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California.
Amigo o Enemigo?: The Impact of Racial Context on White Public Opinion Towards Immigration. With Trey Hood. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Quedate o Vente!: Uncovering the Determinants of Hispanic Public Opinion Towards Immigration. With Trey Hood and Kurt Shirkey. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Houston, Texas. Nominated for Best Paper award.
Cosponsorship in the U.S. Senate: Reconsidering the Campbell and Regens Theses and Recommendations for Improvement. With John Hindera and Daniel Krejci. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, Houston, Texas.
Amigo o Enemigo?: Ideological Dispositions of Whites Residing in Heavily Hispanic Areas. With Trey Hood. 1995. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida.
Downs Meets the Boll Weevil: When Southern Democrats Turn Left. With Trey Hood. 1995. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida.
First Branch, or Root? The Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve. 1995. With Michael C. Munger. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Sharpening the Ax: Closing Military Bases and Congressional Politics. With Terry Gilmour and Ken Hansen. 1995. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, Texas.
Formal and Informal Institutional Change and Central Bank Independence: The Case of the 1951 Fed-Treasury Accord. With William Keech. 1995. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society and the Economic Science Association, Long Beach, California.
Congressional Dominance, Executive Control, or Bureaucratic Independence: The Case of the Federal Reserve. 1994. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Electoral Pressures, Constituency Interests, and Policymaking: Monetary Policy Signaling and the Senate Banking Committee. 1993. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia.
Issue Voting and the Coexistence of Directional and Proximity Voters. 1993. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.
Congress, the President, and Agency Independence: The Case of the Federal Reserve. 1993. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Issue Voting in a Complex World: When Directional Voters Meet Proximity Voters. 1993. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Institutional Limitations on Presidential Influence over the Federal Reserve. 1991. With William Keech. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida.