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Craig Volden
Office: 2147 Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(o): (614) 292-9026
(f): (614) 292-1146
email: volden.2@osu.edu
 

Prof. Craig Volden

 Selected Publications

  • Volden, Craig, Michael M. Ting, and Daniel P. Carpenter.  2008.  A Formal Model of Learning and Policy Diffusion. American Political Science Review 102(3): 319-332 (pdf).

  • Shipan, Charles R., and Craig Volden.  2008.  The Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion.  American Journal of Political Science 52(4): 840-857 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig, and Alan E. Wiseman.  2007.  Bargaining in Legislatures over Particularistic and Collective Goods. American Political Science Review 101(1): 79-92 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2007.  Intergovernmental Grants: A Formal Model of Interrelated National and Subnational Political Decisions.  Publius: The Journal of Federalism 37(2): 209-243 (pdf).

  • Brady, David W., and Craig Volden.  2006.  Revolving Gridlock: Politics and Policy from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press (order here).

  • Shipan, Charles R., and Craig Volden.  2006.  Bottom-Up Federalism: The Diffusion of Antismoking Policies from U.S. Cities to States.  American Journal of Political Science 50(4): 825-843 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2006.  Experimenting with Welfare Reform: Emulating Success, Cutting Costs, or Racing to the Bottom?  Social Science Quarterly 87(4): 791-797 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2006.  States as Policy Laboratories: Emulating Success in the Children's Health Insurance Program.  American Journal of Political Science 50(2): 294-312 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig, and Elizabeth Bergman.  2006.  How Strong Should Our Party Be? Party Member Preferences over Party Cohesion.  Legislative Studies Quarterly 31(1): 71-104 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2005.  Intergovernmental Political Competition in American Federalism.  American Journal of Political Science 49(2): 327-342 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2004.  Origin, Operation, and Significance: The Federalism of William H. Riker.  Publius: The Journal of Federalism 34(4): 89-107 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig, and Clifford J. Carrubba.  2004.  The Formation of Oversized Coalitions in Parliamentary Democracies. American Journal of Political Science 48(3): 521-537 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2002.  The Politics of Competitive Federalism: A Race to the Bottom in Welfare Benefits?  American Journal of Political Science 46(2): 352-363 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  2002.  A Formal Model of the Politics of Delegation in a Separation of Powers System.  American Journal of Political Science 46(1): 111-133 (pdf)(Figure 3).

  • Volden, Craig.  2002.  Delegating Power to Bureaucracies: Evidence from the States.  Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 18(1): 187-220 (pdf).

  • Choi, Chi, Charles C. Turner, and Craig Volden.  2002.  Means, Motive, and Opportunity: Politics, Community Needs, and COPS Grants.  American Politics Research 30(4): 424-455 (pdf).

  • Carrubba, Clifford J., and Craig Volden.  2001.  Explaining Institutional Change in the European Union: What Determines the Voting Rule in the Council of Ministers?  European Union Politics 2(1): 5-30 (pdf).

  • Carrubba, Clifford J., and Craig Volden.  2000.  Coalitional Politics and Logrolling in Legislative Institutions.  American Journal of Political Science 44(2): 261-277 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  1999.  Asymmetric Effects of Intergovernmental Grants: Analysis and Implications for Welfare Policy.  Publius: The Journal of Federalism 29(3): 51-73 (pdf).

  • Volden, Craig.  1998.  Sophisticated Voting in Supermajoritarian Settings.  The Journal of Politics 60(1): 149-173 (pdf).


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