Carlo Prato - Publications
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Theories of Democratic Backsliding with Edoardo Grillo, Zhaotian Luo, and Monika Nalepa
Annual Review of Political Science, (forthcoming)
Wisdom of the Crowd? Information Aggregation in Representative Democracy with Stephane Wolton
Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, 135: 86-95
Supplemental Appendix
The Effect of Sustained Transparency on Electoral Accountability with Guy Grossman and Kristin Michelitch
Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science
Pre-Analysis Plan - Supplemental Appendix - Policy Brief
Party Nomination Strategies in List Proportional Representation Systems with Peter Buisseret, Olle Folke, and Johanna Rickne
American Journal of Political Science, 66(3): 714-729
An earlier version won the “CQ Press Award” for best paper on legislative studies at APSA 2018
Reference Points and Democratic Backsliding with Edoardo Grillo
American Journal of Political Science, 2023, 67(1): 71-88
Competing Principals? Legislative Representation in List PR Systems with Peter Buisseret
American Journal of Political Science, 2022, 56(1): 156-170
After Citizens United: How Outside Spending Shapes American Democracy with Nour Abdul-Razzak and Stephane Wolton
Electoral Studies, 2020, 67: 102-190
Monkey cage post
Voting Behavior under Proportional Representation with Peter Buisseret
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2020, 32(1): 96-111
Self-Enforcing Partisan Procedures with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
Journal of Politics, 2020, 82(3): 937-954
Campaign Cost and Electoral Accountability with Stephane Wolton
Political Science Research and Methods, 2019, 7(1): 1-21 - Appendix - Blog post - Replication: Do, Dta (Stata 13)
Data construction: Do (Publicly available data sets: 1, 2, 3)
Rational Ignorance, Populism, and Reform with Stephane Wolton
European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 55: 119-135 - Supplemental Appendix - Blog post
Electoral Imbalances and their Consequences with Stephane Wolton
Journal of Politics, 2018, 80(4): 1168-1182 - Supplemental Appendix
Electoral Competition and Policy Feedback Effects
Journal of Politics, 2018, 80(1): 195-210
Citizens United: A Theoretical Evaluation with Stephane Wolton
Political Science Research and Methods, 2017, 5(3): 567-574
The Hidden Cost of Direct Democracy: How Ballot Initiatives Affect Politicians' Selection and Incentives with Bruno Strulovici
Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2017, 29(3): 440-466
A Bargaining Model of Endogenous Procedures with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47(4): 985–1012
The Voters' Curses: Why we Need Goldilocks Voters with Stephane Wolton
American Journal of Political Science, 2016, 60(3): 726-737
Supplemental Appendix - Additional Proofs - Extensions
Electoral Control and the Human Capital of Politicians with Peter Buisseret
Games and Economic Behavior, 2016 98: 34-55 - Blog post
Procedural Choice in Majoritarian Organizations with Daniel Diermeier and Razvan Vlaicu
American Journal of Political Science, 2015, 54(4): 866-879 - Supplemental Appendix