{"id":459,"date":"2018-07-13T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:50:17","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cObtaining Comparable Measures of Organizational Performance: An Application to U.S. Federal Agencies<\/a>, 2002-2024,\u201d (with George A. Krause),\u00a0Journal of Policy Analysis and Management<\/i>\u00a045(1):1-20 (2026)<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump and the Federal Personnel System: Theory and Practice,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0PS: Political Science & Politics<\/i>, forthcoming (2026)<\/p>\n

“Measuring the Impact of Appointee Vacancies on U.S. Federal Agency Performance,”<\/a> (with Mark D. Richardson and Chris Piper),\u00a0Journal of Politics<\/i>\u00a087(2):1468-2508.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresidential Investment in the Administrative State,\u201d<\/a> (with Nick Bednar) American<\/i>\u00a0Political<\/i>\u00a0Science<\/i>\u00a0Review<\/i>\u00a0118(1):442-57 (2024).<\/p>\n

“The Independent Agency Myth,”<\/a> (with Neal Devins), Cornell Law review<\/em>, 108 (6):1305-74 (2023).<\/p>\n

\u201cDo Vacancies Hurt Federal Agency Performance?\u201d<\/a> (with Christopher M. Piper), Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory <\/em>33(2):313-28 (2023). [download supplementary appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIs the Failed Pandemic Response a Symptom of a Diseased Administrative State?<\/a>\u201d Daedalus<\/em> 150(3):68-88 (Summer 2021).<\/p>\n

\u201cElections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government,\u201d<\/a> (with Alexander D. Bolton and John M. de Figueiredo), Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory <\/em>31(2):451-66 (2021).<\/p>\n

“The Very Best People: President Trump and the Management of Executive Personnel,”<\/a> (with Mark D. Richardson) Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 51 (1):51-70 (2021).<\/p>\n

\u201cPartisan Procurement: Contracting with the United States Federal Government, 2003-2015,\u201d<\/a> (with Carl Dahlstrom and Mihaly Fazekas),\u00a0American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 65(3):652-69.<\/p>\n

“Public-sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-Off,”<\/a> (with Charles M. Cameron and John M. de Figueiredo) Advances in Strategic Management<\/em> 41:111-48 (2020)<\/p>\n

\u201cPresidents and Turnover in Regulatory Personnel,\u201d<\/a> (with Kathleen Doherty and Scott Limbocker) Administration & Society<\/em>, 51:1-25 (2019).<\/p>\n

\u201cDeconstructing the Administrative State,\u201d<\/a> Journal of Politics<\/em>, 81(3):767-89 (2019).<\/p>\n

“Executive Control and Turnover in the Senior Executive Service,\u201d<\/a> (with Kathleen Doherty and Scott Limbocker) Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory <\/em>29(2):159-74 (2019) [Online appendix<\/a>].<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump as Manager: Reflections on the First Year.\u201d<\/a> (with Patrick Bernhard and Emily H. You) Presidential Studies Quarterly <\/em>48 (3):480-501.<\/p>\n

\u201cElite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill.\u201d<\/a> (with Mark D. Richardson and Joshua D. Clinton) Journal of Politics<\/em> 80(1):303-7 (2018). [Online Appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAgency Performance Challenges and Agency Politicization.\u201d<\/a> (with Abby K. Wood) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 27(4):581-95 (2017). \u00a0<\/a>[Online Appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical Control and the Forms of Agency Independence.\u201d<\/a> (with Jennifer L. Selin) George Washington Law Review<\/em> 83(4\/5):1487-1516 (2015).<\/p>\n

\u201cPresidents and Patronage.\u201d<\/a> (with Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr. and Gabe Horton), American Journal of Political Science <\/em>58(4):1024-1042 (2014). \u00a0<\/a>[Online Appendix]<\/a> [Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cInfluencing the Bureaucracy: The Irony of Congressional Oversight.\u201d<\/a> (with Joshua D. Clinton and Jennifer L. Selin), American Journal of Political Science <\/em>58(2):387-401 (2014). [Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment Reform, Political Ideology, and Administrative Burden: The Case of Performance Management in the Bush Administration.\u201d<\/a> (with St\u00e9phane Lavertu and Donald P. Moynihan) Public Administration Review<\/em> 73(6):845-57 (2013). [Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPolicy Influence, Agency-Specific Expertise, and Exit in the Federal Service.\u201d<\/a> (with Anthony M. Bertelli) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 23(2):223-245 (2013).\u00a0 [Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPolitics Can Limit Policy Opportunism in Fiscal Institutions: Evidence from Official General Fund Revenue Forecasts in the American States.\u201d<\/a> (with George A. Krause and James Douglas) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management<\/em> 32(2):271-95 (2013).\u00a0 [Online Appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Invisible Presidential Appointments: An Examination of Appointments to the Department of Labor, 2001-2011.\u201d<\/a> (with Richard W. Waterman) Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 43 (1): 35-57 (2013).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Personnel Process in the Modern Presidency.\u201d<\/a> Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 42(3):577-96 (2012).<\/p>\n

\u201cSeparated Powers in the United States.\u201d<\/a> (with Joshua D. Clinton, Anthony M. Bertelli, Christian Grose, and David C. Nixon) American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 56(2):341-54 (2012).\u00a0 [Online Appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Consequences of Presidential Patronage for Agency Performance.\u201d<\/a> (with Nick Gallo) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em>. 22(2): 219-243 (2012).\u00a0[Supplementary material<\/a>] [Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cPresidential Appointments and Personnel.\u201d<\/a> Annual Review of Political Science <\/em>14 (June):47-66 (2011).<\/p>\n

“Measurement and Public Service Motivation: New Insights, Old Questions.”<\/a> International Public Management Journal<\/em> 13(1):1-10 (2010).<\/p>\n

\u201cModern Presidents and the Transformation of the Federal Personnel System.\u201d <\/a>The<\/em> Forum<\/em>, 7(4): Article 6 (2010).<\/p>\n

\u201cRevisiting the Administrative Presidency: Policy, Patronage, and Administrative Competence.\u201d<\/a> Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 39 (1):60-73 (2009).<\/p>\n

\u201cManagement and Leadership Performance in the Defense Department: Evidence from Surveys of Federal Employees.\u201d<\/a> (with Major Paul S. Oh, U.S. Army) Armed Forces and Society<\/em> 34(4): 639-661 (2008). [Online appendix<\/a>] [Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cNot-So Independent Agencies: Party Polarization and the Limits of Institutional Design.\u201d<\/a> (with Neal Devins) Boston University Law Review<\/em> 88(2):459-98 (2008).<\/p>\n

\u201cExpert Opinion, Agency Characteristics, and Agency Preferences.\u201d<\/a> (with Joshua D. Clinton) Political Analysis<\/em> 16(1):3-16 (2008).<\/p>\n

\u201cToward a Broader Understanding of Presidential Power: A Re-Evaluation of the Two Presidencies Thesis.\u201d\u00a0<\/a> (with Brandice Canes-Wrone and William G. Howell) Journal of Politics<\/em> 70(1):1-16 (2008).\u00a0 [Online appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cTesting Pendleton\u2019s Premise: Do Political Appointees Make Worse Bureaucrats?\u201d<\/a> Journal of Politics<\/em> 69(4):1073-88 (2007).\u00a0 [Online appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes Performance Budgeting Work? An Examination of OMB\u2019s PART Scores.\u201d<\/a> (with John B. Gilmour) Public Administration Review<\/em> 66(5):742-52 (2006).<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical Appointments, Civil Service Systems, and Bureaucratic Competence: Organizational Balancing and Gubernatorial Revenue Forecasts in the American States.\u201d<\/a> (with George Krause and James Douglas) American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 50(3):770-87 (2006).<\/p>\n

\u201cAssessing Performance Budgeting at OMB: The Influence of Politics, Performance, and Program Size.\u201d<\/a> (with John B. Gilmour) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 16(2):169-86 (2006).<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical Appointees and the Competence of Federal Program Management.\u201d<\/a> (with John B. Gilmour) American Politics Research<\/em> 34(1):22-50 (2006).\u00a0 [Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\u201cStaffing Alone: Unilateral Action and the Politicization of the Executive Office of the President, 1988-2004.\u201d<\/a> Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 35(3):496-514 (2005).<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitical Learning from Rare Events: Poisson Inference, Fiscal Constraints and the Lifetime of Bureaus.\u201d<\/a> (with Daniel C. Carpenter) Political Analysis<\/em> 12(3):201-32 (2004).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Adverse Consequences of the Politics of Agency Design for Presidential Management in the United States: The Relative Durability of Insulated Agencies.\u201d<\/a> British Journal of Political Science<\/em> 34:377-404 (2004).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Irrational Escalation of Commitment and the Ironic Labor Politics of the Rust Belt.\u201d<\/a> (with Glenn Beamer) Enterprise and Society<\/em> 4(4):676-306 (2003).<\/p>\n

\u201cAgencies by Presidential Design.\u201d<\/a> (with William G. Howell) Journal of Politics <\/em>64(4):1095-1114 (2002).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Politics of Agency Termination:\u00a0 Confronting the Myth of Agency Immortality.\u201d<\/a> Journal of Politics<\/em> 64(1):89-107 (2002).<\/p>\n

“What Time Is It? The Use of Power in Four Different Types of Presidential Time.”<\/a> (with James Michael Strine) Journal of Politics<\/em> 58(3):682-706 (1996).<\/p>\n

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