Political behavior and decision-making

“In Defense of a Divided Opposition: Programmatic Distribution and Minor Party Support in Africa”. 2018. Currently R+R (contact for a copy).

“The Relevance of Relative Distribution: Favoritism, Information and Vote Choice in Africa” 2018. Comparative Political Studies 51(12).

“Finding Partisanship Where We Least Expect It: Evidence of Partisan Bias in a New African Democracy.” 2016. Political Behavior 38(1)

“Ethnic Voting and Accountability in Africa: A Choice Experiment in Uganda.” 2015. World Politics 67(2). (Replication by Egami and Imai in JASA here.)

Political intermediaries

“Honor Among Chiefs: An Experiment in Monitoring and Diversion Among Traditional Leaders in Malawi” , with Brigitte Seim. 2020. Journal of Development Studies.

“Distribution or Diversion? Distribution of Local Public Goods in the Presence of Clientelist Brokers“.  2019. Political Research Quarterly. Forthcoming.

Public opinion, measurement and bias

“The Perils of Pre-Election Polling: Election Cycles and the Exacerbation of Measurement Error in Illiberal Regimes.” 2018. Research and Politics.

“When a Null Pocketbook Effect is the Artifact: Strategically Overstated Poverty and the Attenuation of Egotropic Voting“, with Amanda Fidalgo.  2016. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11(3).

“Identifying and Interpreting the Sensitivity of Ethnic Voting in Africa” 2016. Public Opinion Quarterly 80(4).

Methods/EITM

“Field Experiments and Behavioral Theories: Science and Ethics.” 2020. PS: Political Science and Politics 53(1).