{"id":6,"date":"2016-07-01T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/polborn\/publications\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:22:53","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/polborn\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Published\/forthcoming articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Selected publications (usually last pre-print version); complete list of publications in <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/mpolborn\/cv_polborn.pdf?attredirects=0\">CV<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=vZ0CtvoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Political economy<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2022\/04\/Morals_polarization.pdf\">Values as Luxury Goods and Political Behavior<\/a> (with Benjamin Enke and Alex Wu; conditionally accepted at <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jeea\/jvaf014\"><em>JEEA<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2022\/08\/veto20220605.pdf\">Veto Institutions, Hostage-taking, and Tacit Cooperation<\/a>, <em>American Journal of Political Science, 68 (<\/em>2024), 927-941. Together with Justin Fox.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/polborn\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=110&amp;action=edit\">On the Separation of Executive and Legislative Powers: Executive Under-Enforcement, Liberty, and Social Welfare<\/a> ,\u00a0<em>Journal of Theoretical Politics<\/em>, 33 (2021), 430-454. Together with Justin Fox.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/howell_krasa_polborn_ajps2020.pdf\">Political Conflict over Time<\/a>, <em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em>, 64 (2020), 554&#8211;568. Together with Will Howell and Stefan Krasa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/Deltas-Polborn2019_publicchoice2019.pdf\">Candidate competition and voter learning in the 2000\u20132012 US presidential primaries<\/a> <em>Public Choice<\/em>, 178 (2019): <span class=\"ArticleCitation_Pages\">115\u2013151<\/span>. Together with George Deltas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/krasa_polborn_apsr2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Political Competition in Legislative Elections<\/a>, <em>American Political Science Review<\/em>, 112 (2018): 809-825. Together with Stefan Krasa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/arzumanyan_polborn_GEB2017.pdf\">Costly Voting with Multiple Candidates<\/a>, <em>Games and Economic Behavior<\/em>, 106 (2017): 38-50. Together with Mariam Arzumanyan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/Polborn-Snyder-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Party Polarization in Legislatures with Office-Motivated Candidates<\/a>, <em>Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/em>, 132 (2017): 1509-1550. Together with Jim Snyder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/deltas_herrera_polborn_RES2016.pdf\">Learning and Coordination in the Presidential Primary System<\/a> <em>Review of Economic Studies<\/em>, 83 (2016): 1544-1578. Together with George Deltas and Helios Herrera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/krasa_polborn_JLE2014.pdf\">Policy divergence and voter polarization in a structural model of elections<\/a>, <em>Journal of Law and Economics<\/em>, 57 (2014), 31-76. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/krasa_polborn_aer2014.pdf\">Social ideology and taxes in a differentiated candidates framework<\/a>, <em>American Economic Review, <\/em>104(2014), 308-322. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/dragu_polborn_ajps.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The rule of law in the fight against terrorism<\/a>, <em>American Journal of Political Science, <\/em>58(2014), 511\u2013525<em>. <\/em>Together with <a href=\"https:\/\/netfiles.uiuc.edu\/tdragu\/www\/\">Tiberiu Dragu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/Dragu_Polborn_JOP.pdf\">The administrative foundation of the rule of law<\/a>, <em>Journal of Politics<\/em>, 75 (2013), 1038 &#8211; 1050. Together with <a href=\"https:\/\/netfiles.uiuc.edu\/tdragu\/www\/\">Tiberiu Dragu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/differentiated_candidates_geb2012.pdf\">Political competition between differentiated candidates<\/a>, <em>Games and Economic Behavior <\/em>, 76 (2012), 249-271. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/messner_polborn_jpubec2012.pdf\">The option to wait in collective decisions<\/a>, <em>Journal of Public Economics<\/em>, 96 (2012), 524-540. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/didattica.unibocconi.eu\/myigier\/index.php?IdUte=49531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthias Messner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1539444\">Competition between specialized candidates<\/a>, <em>American Political Science Review<\/em>, 104 (2010), 745 -765 . Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/binarypolicymodel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The binary policy model<\/a>, <em>Journal of Economic Theory<\/em>, 145 (2010), 661-688. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2148\/2021\/11\/mandatory_voting.pdf\">Is mandatory voting better than voluntary voting?<\/a>, <em>Games and Economic Behavior, <\/em>66 (2009), 275-291. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=892475\">Political Polarization and the Electoral Effects of Media Bias<\/a>, <em>Journal of Public Economics<\/em>, 92 (2008), 1092-1104. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.econ.uiuc.edu\/%7Eskrasa\/\">Stefan Krasa<\/a> and Dan Bernhardt. (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/mpolborn\/home\/media-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media coverage<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=757504\">Investment under Uncertainty in Dynamic Conflicts<\/a>, <em>Review of Economic Studies<\/em>, 73 (2006), 505-529.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/polborn\/home\/polborn_yi_negative_campaigning.pdf?attredirects=0\">Positive and negative campaigning <\/a>, <em>Quarterly Journal of Political Science<\/em>, 1 (2006), 351-371. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavier.edu\/campusuite\/modules\/faculty.cfm?faculty_id=2241&amp;grp_id=648\">David Yi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=611041\">Primaries and the New Hampshire Effect<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Public Economics<\/em>, 90 (2006), 1073-1114. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/%7Eklumpp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tilman Klumpp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jpubeco.2004.01.004\">Paying Politicians<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Public Economics<\/em>, 88 (2004)<em>, <\/em>2423-2445<em>. <\/em>Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/didattica.unibocconi.eu\/myigier\/index.php?IdUte=49531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthias Messner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/netfiles.uiuc.edu\/polborn\/www\/cons.pdf\">Voting on Majority Rules<\/a>, <em>Review of Economic Studies<\/em>, 71 (2004), 115-132.\u00a0 Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/didattica.unibocconi.eu\/myigier\/index.php?IdUte=49531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthias Messner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>2. Public economics, IO and insurance economics<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09645292.2023.2273224\">Can Teachers Learn Online? Evidence from Armenia<\/a> (together with Naneh Hovanessian, Gevorg Minasyan, Armen Nurbekyan and Tigran Polborn; forthcoming at <em>Education Economics<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4178243\">Incentives for Developing Defensive Technology: An Economic Analysis of the Safety Act<\/a>, <em>International Review of Law and Economics, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0144818822000722?via%3Dihub\">forthcoming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Value of Technology Improvements in Games with Externalities: A Fresh Look at Offsetting Behavior , <em>Journal of Public Economics, <\/em>131 (2015), 12\u201320. Together with Mike Hoy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=757505\">Advantageous Effects of Regulatory Adverse Selection in the Life Insurance Market<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>Economic Journal, <\/em>116 (2006), 167-194. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/%7Emhoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Hoy<\/a> and Asha Sadanand)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0022-0531%2802%2900013-3\">Cooperation in Stochastic OLG models<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Economic Theory<\/em> 108 (2003), 152-168. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igier.uni-bocconi.it\/whos.php?vedi=582&amp;tbn=albero&amp;id_doc=177\">Matthias Messner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0014-2921%2800%2900070-2\">Herding and Antiherding: A Model of Reputational Differentiation<\/a>, <em>European Economic Review<\/em>, 45 (2001), 385-403. Together with Matthias Effinger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6V76-416C1XC-2&amp;_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2000&amp;_alid=270110692&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=&amp;_orig=search&amp;_qd=1&amp;_cdi=5834&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000029040&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=571676&amp;md5=d7aa5d94778ec3954f15a26563def67a\">The Value of Genetic Information in the Life Insurance Market<\/a>,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Public Economics. <\/em>78 (November 2000), 235-252. Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/%7Emhoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Hoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"description\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<div><a title=\"web stats\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c.statcounter.com\/8226295\/0\/fa2bde5f\/1\/\" alt=\"web stats\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chart?chc=sites&amp;cht=d&amp;chdp=sites&amp;chl=%5B%5BGoogle+Gadget%27%3D20%27f%5Cv%27a%5C%3D0%2710%27%3D9%270%27dim%27%5Cbox1%27b%5CF6F6F6%27fC%5CF6F6F6%27eC%5C0%27sk%27%5C%5B%27%5D%27a%5CV%5C%3D12%27f%5C%5DV%5Cta%5C%3D10%27%3D0%27%3D10%27%3D7%27dim%27%5C%3D10%27%3D10%27%3D10%27%3D7%27vdim%27%5Cbox1%27b%5Cva%5CF6F6F6%27fC%5CC8C8C8%27eC%5C%27a%5C%5Do%5CLauto%27f%5C&amp;sig=MIL4ahBT4ijsKBjaD_6DrmhI1Yc\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chart?chc=sites&amp;cht=d&amp;chdp=sites&amp;chl=%5B%5BGoogle+Gadget%27%3D20%27f%5Cv%27a%5C%3D0%2710%27%3D9%270%27dim%27%5Cbox1%27b%5CF6F6F6%27fC%5CF6F6F6%27eC%5C0%27sk%27%5C%5B%27%5D%27a%5CV%5C%3D12%27f%5C%5DV%5Cta%5C%3D10%27%3D0%27%3D10%27%3D17%27dim%27%5C%3D10%27%3D10%27%3D10%27%3D17%27vdim%27%5Cbox1%27b%5Cva%5CF6F6F6%27fC%5CC8C8C8%27eC%5C%27a%5C%5Do%5CLauto%27f%5C&amp;sig=nVesF9igdkAButTZOeLhsebO37g\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"20\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected publications (usually last pre-print version); complete list of publications in CV; Google Scholar profile 1. 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