Recent Papers and Publications

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Forthcoming Articles

“Some Puzzles of Political Corruption in Modern Advanced Democracies.” (December 2006). Prepared for presentation at the 2005 annual meetings of the Japan Political Science Association, Tokyo, October 1 and for a meeting on political accountability, Waseda University, September 30, 2005. Forthcoming in a volume edited by Hideko Magara on political accountability (in Japanese).

Recently Published Articles

“Domestic and International Causes for the Rise of Pay Inequality in OECD Nations between 1980 and 2000,” In Comparing European Workers: Experiences and Inequalities, ed. David Brady. Vol. 22, part 1 of Research in Sociology of Work, 2011, pp. 209--49. With Michael Wallerstein.

“Legislative Malfeasance and Political Accountability,” World Politics, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. (2010). Co-authored with Eric C.C. Chang and Seth J. Hill.

“Sources of Corruption in Authoritarian Regimes,” Social Science Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 1, pp.1-20 (2010). Co-authored with Eric C.C. Chang .

“Pork Barrel Politics in Postwar Italy, 1953-1992.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 52, no. 2 (2008).Co-authored with Lucio Picci.

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“Electoral Systems, District Magnitude and Corruption,” British Journal of Political Science, vol. 37 (January 2007), pp. 115-137. Co-authored with Eric C.C. Chang.

“Corruption and the Management of Public Works in Italy,” in The Handbook of Economic Corruption, ed. Susan Rose-Ackerman (Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2006), pp. 457-483. Co-authored with Lucio Picci.

“Centralization of Bargaining and Wage Inequality: A Correction of Wallerstein,” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 50 (January 2006), pp. 208-13. Co-authored with John B. Londregan.

“Single Country Studies: What Can We Learn?” Italian Politics and Society, no. 60 (spring 2005), pp. 5-8.

“Proposal for a New Measure of Corruption, Illustrated with Italian Data,” Economics & Politics, vol. 17 (March 2005), pp. 37-75. Co-authored with Lucio Picci.

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Replications of Golden-Picci measure by others for other countries:

“International Economic Sources of Regime Change: How European Economic Integration Undermined Italy’s Postwar Party System,” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 37 (December 2004), pp. 1238-74.

Dataset for this study

“Electoral Connections: The Effects of the Personal Vote on Political Patronage, Bureaucracy and Legislation in Postwar Italy,” British Journal of Political Science, vol. 33 (April 2003), pp. 189-212.

“Competitive Corruption: Factional Conflict and Political Malfeasance in Postwar Italian Christian Democracy,” World Politics, vol. 53 (July 2001), pp. 588-622. Co-authored with Eric C.C. Chang.

Unpublished Papers

“Criminals and Incumbents in the Indian National Legislature,” (Version 5.1, September 13,2011). Co-authored with Toke Aidt and Devesh Tiwari

“Redistribution and Reelection under Proportional Representation: The Postwar Italian Chamber of Deputies,” (25 March 2011 version). Co-authored with Lucio Picci

“Theft and Loss of Electricty in an Indian State,” (Version 2.2, January 4, 2012). Co-authored with Brian Min

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