Curriculum Vitae
Mathew D. McCubbins
Publications
Authored Books:
1. The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. (with D. Roderick Kiewiet) Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Spring 1991.
1.1 Chapter 2 reprinted in Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspective, 1st and 2nd Editions. Edited by Ken Kollman, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.
2. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. (with Gary W. Cox) Berkeley: University of California Press, Spring 1993.
2.1. Pages 253-273 reprinted in Classics in Congressional Politics. Edited by Lisa Campoli, Eric Heberlig, and Herb Weisberg. Longman Press, 1999.
3. The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? (with Arthur Lupia) Cambridge University Press, 1998.
3.1. Translated and reprinted in Japanese by Bokutakusha Ltd., 2005.
3.2. Chapter 1 reprinted in An American Government Reader, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2007.
3.3. Pages 205-227 reprinted in Norton American Politics Online Reader, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
3.4 Excerpted and reprinted in Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspective, 1st and 2nd Editions. Edited by Ken Kollman, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, 2011.
4. Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy. (with Elisabeth Gerber, Arthur Lupia, and D. Roderick Kiewiet) Prentice-Hall, 2001.
5. Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives (with Gary W. Cox)[Setting the Agenda web site] Cambridge University Press, 2005.
5.1 Pages 17–36 reprinted in Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspective, 1st and 2nd Editions. Edited by Ken Kollman. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, 2011.
6. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House Second Edition. (with Gary W. Cox). Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Edited Books:
1. Congress: Structure and Policy. (with Terry Sullivan) New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
2. Under the Watchful Eye: Managing Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, August 1992.
3. Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutionalist Approach. (with Peter Cowhey) New York: Cambridge University Press, August, 1995.
4. The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. (with Paul Drake) Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
5. Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. (with Arthur Lupia and Samuel Popkin) Cambridge University Press, 2000.
6. Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. (with Stephan Haggard) Cambridge University Press, 2000.
7. Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. (with David Brady). Stanford University Press, 2002.
8. Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress. (with David Brady). Stanford University Press, 2007.
Articles in Journals:
1. “Policy Components of Arms Competitions.” American Journal of Political Science 27, 3 (1983): 385-406.
2. “Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols vs. Fire Alarms.” (with Thomas Schwartz) American Journal of Political Science 28, 1 (1984): 165-179.
2.1 Reprinted in Congress: Structure and Policy. Edited by Mathew McCubbins and Terry Sullivan, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
2.2 Reprinted in Public Administration: Policy, Politics, and Practice. Edited by William Johnson, Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992.
2.3 Reprinted in Constitution, Democracy and State Power: The Institutions of Justice. Edited by Joshua Cohen and Archon Fung. London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996.
2.4 Reprinted in Economics of Administrative Law. Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman. London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2007.
2.5 Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspective, 1st and 2nd Editions. ed. Ken Kollman. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, 2011.
3. “Policy Choice as an Electoral Investment.” (with Gary W. Cox and Terry Sullivan) Social Choice and Welfare 48, 2 (1986): 370-389.
4. “Constituency Influences on Legislative Policy Choice.” (with Terry Sullivan) Quality and Quantity 18, 2 (1984) 299-319.
5. “Congressional Appropriations and the Electoral Connection.” (with D. Roderick Kiewiet) Journal of Politics 47, 1 (1985): 59-82.
6. “Appropriation Decisions as a Bilateral Bargaining Game Between the President and Congress.” (with D. Roderick Kiewiet) Legislative Studies Quarterly 10, 2 (1985): 181-201.
7. “The Legislative Design of Regulatory Structure.” American Journal of Political Science 29, 4 (1985): 721-748.
8. “The Politics of Flatland.” (with Thomas Schwartz) Public Choice 46, 1 (1985): 45-60.
9. “The Congressional Foundations of Agency Performance.” (with Talbot Page) Public Choice 51, 2 (1986): 173-190.
10. “Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game.” (with Gary W. Cox) Journal of Politics 48, 2 (1986): 370-389.
11. “Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control.” (with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 3, 2 (1987) 243-277.
11.1 Excerpted and reprinted in State and Federal Administrative Law. Edited by Arthur E. Bonfield and Michael Asimow, West Publishing, 1989.
11.2Reprinted in Economic Regulation. Edited by Paul Joskow, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2000.
11.3Reprinted in Regulation and Regulatory Processes (The International Library of Essays in Law and Society). Edited by Cary Coglianese and Robert Kagan, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2007.
11.4Reprinted in Economics of Administrative Law. Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2007.
11.5 Reprinted in Rational Choice Politics. Edited by Torun Dewan, Keith Dowding and Kenneth A. Shepsle, London. Sage Publications, 2009.
11.6 Reprinted in Institutional Law and Economics. Edited by Pablo Spiller, Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
12. “Congress, The Courts and Public Policy: Policy Consequences of the "One Man, One Vote" Rule.” (with Thomas Schwartz) American Journal of Political Science, 32, 2 (1988): 388-415.
13. “Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriation Decisions.” (with D. Roderick Kiewiet) American Journal of Political Science 32, 3 (1988): 713-736.
14. “Structure and Process; Politics and Policy: Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies.” (with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast). Virginia Law Review 75, 2 March (1989): 431-482.
14.1Reprinted in The Political Economy of Regulation. Edited by Thomas Lylon, Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 2007.
15. “A Theory of Political Control and Agency Discretion.” (with Randall L. Calvert and Barry R. Weingast) American Journal of Political Science 33, 3 (1989): 588-611.
16. “Parties, Committees, and Policymaking in the U.S. Congress: A Comment on the Role of Transaction Costs as Determinants of the Governance Structure of Political Institutions.” (with D. Roderick Kiewiet) Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 145, 4 (1989): 676-685.
17. “Positive and Normative Models of Due Process: An Integrative Approach to Administrative Procedures.” (with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast) Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 6 (1990): 307-332.
18. “On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress.” (with Gary W. Cox) Legislative Studies Quarterly 16, 4 (1991): 547-570.
19. “Positive Canons: The Role of Legislative Bargains in Statutory Interpretation.” (with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast), Georgetown Law Journal, February 1992.
19.1 Reprinted in Sutherland on Contracts and Statutory Construction 5th, 6th and 7th Editions, Thompson West Publishing.
20. “Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation.” (under the nom de plume of McNollgast, with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast) Law and Contemporary Problems 57, 1 (1994): 3-37.
20.1 Reprinted in Public Choice and Public Law, ed. Daniel A. Farber, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2007.
20.2 Reprinted in Legal Institutions and Economic Development, eds. Robert D. Cooter and Francesco Parisi. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2010.
21. “Designing Bureaucratic Accountability.” (with Arthur Lupia), Law and Contemporary Problems 57, 1 (1994): 91-126.
21.1 Excerpted and reprinted in Gellhorn and Byse's Administrative Law, Cases and Comments, 9th Edition. By Peter L. Strauss, Todd Rakoff, Cynthia R. Farina, Gillian E. Metzger, Foundation Press, 1995.
23.1Reprinted in Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions. Edited by Kenneth Shepsle and Barry Weingast, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995.
22. “Learning From Oversight: Police Patrols and Fire Alarms Reconsidered.” (with Arthur Lupia) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 10, 1 (1994): 96-125.
23. “Bonding, Structure, and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House.” (with Gary W. Cox) Legislative Studies Quarterly 19, 2 (1994): 215-231.
24. “Who Controls? Information and the Structure of Legislative Decision Making.” (with Arthur Lupia).” Legislative Studies Quarterly, November 19, 3 (1994): 361-384.
24.1Reprinted in Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions. Edited by Kenneth Shepsle and Barry Weingast, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995.
25. “Politics and the Courts: A Positive Theory of Judicial Doctrine and the Rule of Law.” (under the nom de plume of McNollgast, with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast) The Southern California Law Review 68 (1995): 1631-1683.
26. “Rationality and the Foundations of Positive Political Theory.” (with Michael Thies) Rebaiasan (in Japanese, [Leviathan]) 19 (1996): 7-32.
27. “As a Matter of Factions: The Budgetary Implications of Shifting Factional Control in Japan’s LDP.” (with Michael Thies) Legislative Studies Quarterly 22, 3 (1997): 293-329.
27.1Reprinted in Japanese Law and Legal Theory: The Political Economy of Japanese Law. Edited by Mark Ramseyer, Aldershot: Dartmouth Publishing, 2000.
27.2Reprinted in Japanese Law. Edited by Mark Ramseyer, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2002.
28. “Politics, Institutions, and Outcomes: Electricity Regulation in Argentina and Chile.” (with William Heller) Journal of Policy Reform 1 (1996): 357-387.
29. “The Political Origins of the Administrative Procedure Act.” (under the nom de plume of McNollgast, with Roger G. Noll and Barry R. Weingast) Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 15, 1 (1999): 180-217.
29.1 Excerpted and Reprinted in Gellhorn and Byse's Administrative Law, Cases and Comments, 11th Edition. By Peter L. Strauss, Todd Rakoff, Cynthia R. Farina, Gillian E. Metzger, Foundation Press, 2011.
30. “Representation or Abdication: How Citizens Use Institutions to Make Their Agents Accountable.” (with Arthur Lupia) European Journal of Political Research 37, 3 (1999): 291-307.
31. “Agenda Power in the Japanese House of Representatives.” (with Gary Gox and Mikitaka Masuyama) Japanese Journal of Political Science, Fall 2000.
31.1 Reprinted in Politics of Modern Japan: Critical Concepts in the Modern Politics of Asia. Edited by Christopher P. Hood, Routledge, 2008.
32. “Agenda Power in Brazil´s Câmara dos Deputados, 1989 to 1998.” (with Octavio Amorim Neto and Gary W. Cox) World Politics 55, 4 (2003): 550-578.
33. “When Does Government Limit the Impact of Voter Initiatives? The Politics of Implementation and Enforcement.” (with Elizabeth Gerber and Arthur Lupia) Journal of Politics 66, 1 (2004): 43-68.
34. “Social Choice, Crypto-Initiatives and Policy Making by Direct Democracy.” (with Thad Kousser) Southern California Law Review 78, 4 (2005): 949-984.
35. “Lost in Translation: Social Choice Theory is Misapplied Against Legislative Intent.” (with Arthur Lupia) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 585-617.
36. “Canonical Construction and Statutory Revisionism: The Strange Case of the Appropriations Canon.” (with Daniel B. Rodriguez) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 669-715.
37. “Statutory Interpretation and The Intentional(ist) Stance.” (with Cheryl Boudreau and Daniel B. Rodriguez) Loyola Law Review 38 (2006): 2131-2146.
38. “The Complex Links Between Governance and Biodiversity.” (with C. Barrett, C. Gibson, and B. Hoffman) Conservation Biology 20, 5 (2006): 1358-1366.
39. “Agenda Control in the Bundestag, 1980 – 2002.” (published as Mathew D. McCubbin with William Chandler and Gary W. Cox). German Politics 15, 1 (2006).
40. “Courts, Congress and Public Policy, Part I: The FDA, the Courts and the Regulation of Tobacco.” (with Jeff Lax) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 163-198.
41. “Courts, Congress and Public Policy, Part II: The Impact of the Reapportionment Revolution on Urban and Rural Interests.” (with Jeff Lax) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 199-218.
42. “Conditions for Judicial Independence.” (under the nom de plume of McNollgast, with Roger Noll and Barry R. Weingast) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 105-128.
43. “When Does Deliberating Improve Decision Making?” (with Daniel B. Rodriguez) Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 9-50.
44. “The Dual Path Initiative Framework.” (with Elizabeth Garrett) Southern California Law Review 80, 2 (2007): 299-346.
45. “What Statutes Mean: Lessons From Positive Theories of Communication and Legislation.” (with Cheryl Boudreau, Arthur Lupia and Daniel B. Rodriguez) San Diego Law Review 44, 4 (2007): 957-992.
45.1 Excerpted and Reprinted in Legal Methods, Second Edition. Edited by Peter L. Strauss, Foundation Press, 2008.
46. “Agenda Power in the Italian Chamber of Deputies 1988-2000.” (with Gary W. Cox and William B. Heller) Legislative Studies Quarterly 33, 2 (2008): 171-198.
47. “When Voters Make Laws: How Direct Democracy is Shaping American Cities.” (with Elizabeth Garrett). Public Works Management and Policy 13, 1 (2008): 39-61.
48. “For Whom the TEL Tolls: Can State Tax and Expenditure Limits Effectively Reduce Spending?” (with Thad Kousser and Ellen Moule) State Politics and Policy Quarterly 8, 4 (2008): 331-361.
49. “Nothing But the Truth? Experiments on Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, and Decision Making.” (with Cheryl Boudreau) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 5, 4 (2008): 751-789.
50. “Knowing When to Trust Others: An ERP Study of Decision-Making After Receiving Information From Unknown People.” (with Cheryl Boudreau and Seana Coulson) Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience 4, 1 (2009): 23-34.
51. “The Problem of Being Special: Democratic Values and Special Assessments.” (with Vladimir Kogan) Public Works Management and Policy 14, 1 (2009): 4-36.
52. “Connected Coordination: Network Structure and Group Coordination.” (with Ramamohan Paturi and Nicholas Weller) American Politics Research 37, 5 (2009): 899-920.
53. “Competition in the Courtroom: When Does Expert Testimony Improve Juror’s Decisions.” (with Cheryl Boudreau) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 6, 4 (2009): 793-817.
54. “Proposition 13 and the California Fiscal Shell Game.” (with Colin McCubbins) California Journal of Politics and Policy 2, 2 (2010).
55. “The Blind Leading the Blind: Who Gets Polling Information and Does It Improve Decisions?” (with Cheryl Boudreau) Journal of Politics 72, 2: (2010): 1-15.
56. “The Rule of Law Unplugged.” (with Daniel B. Rodriguez and Barry R. Weingast) Emory Law Journal 59, 6 (2010): 1455-1494.
57. “Party Power or Preferences?: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from American State Legislatures.” (with Gary Cox and Thad Kousser) Journal of Politics 72, 3 (2010): 1–13.
58. “Changing Tracks? The Prospect for California Pension Reform.” (with Vladimir Kogan) California Journal of Politics and Policy 2, 3 (2010) (DOI: 10.2202/1944-4370.1111).
59. “Low Memory Distributed Protocols for 2-Coloring.” (with Amos Israeli, Ramamohan Paturi, and Andrea Vattani) in Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, 12th International Symposium 6366 (2010): 303-318.