Scott Ashworth
Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University
email: sashwort@princeton.edu
Unpublished Papers
Elections with Platform and Valence Competition, joint with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita.
Targeted Campaigns with Ambiguity-Averse Voters.
Does Informative Media Commentary Reduce Politicians' Incentives to Pander?, joint with Ken Shotts.
Refereed Publications
Electoral Selection, Strategic Challenger Entry, and the Incumbency Advantage, joint with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. The Journal of Politics (2008).
Design, Inference, and The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, joint with Josh Clinton, Adam Meirowitz, and Kris Ramsay. The American Political Science Review (2008) 102: 269--273.
Informative Party Labels with Institutional and Electoral Variation, joint with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. The Journal of Theoretical Politics (2008) 20: 251--273.
Does Advertising Exposure Affect Turnout?, joint with Josh Clinton. The Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2007) 2: 27-41. (Supplemental appendix)
Campaign Finance and Voter Welfare with Entrenched Incumbents, The American Political Science Review (2006) 50: 214--231.
Monotone Comparative Statics in Models of Politics, joint with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. The American Journal of Political Science (2006) 50: 214-231.
Delivering the Goods: Legislative Particularism in Different Electoral and Institutional Settings, joint with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. The Journal of Politics (2006) 68: 168-179.
Reputational Dynamics and Congressional Careers, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2005) 21: 441-466.
Other Publications
The Economics of Campaign Finance. Forthcoming in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2e.