Adam R Brown
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Winter 2025: Poli 397/399r
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Fall 2024: Poli 110
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Utah Legislature internship
Washington Seminar
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The Utah Constitution over time (beta)
The Utah Legislature (bill stats, ideology, rankings, etc)
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The Dead Hand's Grip: How Long Constitutions Bind States
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Utah Politics and Government
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Origins of Institutions
Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson: The colonial origins of comparative development
Akerlof: The market for lemons
Bermeo: Ordinary people in extraordinary times
Boix: Setting the rules of the game
Bratton and Van de Walle: Democratic experiments in Africa
Cox: The Efficient Secret
Geddes: What do we know about democratization after 20 years
Gourevitch: The governance problem in international relations
Greif: Self-enforcing political systems and economic growth
Hardin: Economic theories of the state
Huber: Delegation to civil servants in parliamentary democracies
Kahler: Evolution, choice, and international change
Keohane: After hegemony
Koremenos, Lipson, and Snidal: The rational design of international institutions
La Porta, Lopez de Silanes, Pop Eleches, and Shleifer: Judicial Checks and Balances
Libecap: Economic variables and the development of the law
Luebbert: Social foundations of political order in interwar Europe
Martin and Simmons: Theories and empirical studies of international institutions
McCubbins, Noll, and Weingast: Administrative procedures as instruments of political control
Meltzer and Richards: A rational theory of the size of government
Milgrom, North, and Weingast: The role of institutions in the revival of trade
Moe: The politics of bureaucratic structure
Moe: The politics of structural choice
Olson: The logic of collective action
Ostrom: Governing the commons
Popkin: Public choice and rural development
Przeworski: Democracy and the market
Weingast and Marshall: The industrial organization of Congress
Weisberg, Heberlig, and Campoli: Classics in Congressional politics
Williamson: The economics of organization