David M. Primo

Assistant Professor of Political Science

University of Rochester

Harkness Hall

Rochester, NY 14627-0146

585.273.4779

Fax 585.271.1616

david.primo@rochester.edu

 


Vita (updated July 21, 2008)

 

 

Rules and Restraint:

Government Spending and the Design of Institutions

(2007, University of Chicago Press)

Winner, 2008 Alan Rosenthal Prize, APSA Legislative Studies Section

Related Publication:   Op-ed in Roll Call

                        (subscription required; e-mail me for the full text)

Related News Stories:  NPR story on the line-item veto         

                                               

 

 

 

Book Project in Progress

 

Models with Meaning: Reimagining the Science of Politics

            Under contract with Oxford University Press, with Kevin Clarke

 

Working Papers Available For Download

 

The Bad News About “Going Public”

            August 2008, with Stu Jordan

 

Party Strength, the Personal Vote, and Government Spending

            July 2008, with Jim Snyder, under review

 

Bankruptcy Law, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Performance

            New Version Coming Soon, with Bill Green

 

The Effect of Initiatives on Local Government Spending

            June 2008, under review

 

The Effects of Campaign Finance Laws on Turnout, 1950-2000

February 2006, with Jeff Milyo, under revision

 

Published Articles Available For Download

 

Who Consents?  Competing Pivots in Federal Judicial Selection

            American Journal of Political Science, July 2008,

            with Sarah Binder and Forrest Maltzman

 

Distributive Politics and the Law of 1/n  

Journal of Politics, April 2008, with Jim Snyder

 

Modernizing Political Science:  A Model-Based Approach

Perspectives on Politics, December 2007, with Kevin Clarke

 

Estimating the Impact of State Policies and Institutions with Mixed-Level Data

            State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Winter 2007, with Matt Jacobsmeier and Jeff Milyo

 

A Comment on Baron and Ferejohn (1989): The Open Rule Equilibrium and Coalition Formation 

Public Choice, January 2007

 

Stop Us Before We Spend Again:  Institutional Constraints on Government Spending

Economics & Politics, November 2006

 

Campaign Finance Laws and Political Efficacy:  Evidence From the States

Election Law Journal, March 2006, with Jeff Milyo

Related Publication: Op-ed in Roll Call

                                (subscription required; e-mail me for the full text)

 

Rethinking Political Bargaining:  Policymaking With a Single Proposer

            Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, October 2002

 

Budgetary Reform and Formal Modeling:  A Comment on Gabel and Hager

            Public Choice, October 2002

 

Public Opinion and Campaign Finance:  Reformers Versus Reality

            Independent Review, Fall 2002

 

Corporate PAC Campaign Contributions in Perspective

            Business and Politics, 2000, with Jeff Milyo and Tim Groseclose

 

 

Published Book

 

The Plane Truth: Airline Crashes, the Media, and Transportation Policy

With Roger W. Cobb, Brookings Institution Press, 2003

Featured on NBC’s Today Show, December 22, 2005

Related Publication: Op-ed in USA Today on the politics of airline safety