Berry Reprints

You may download selected articles I have published (to view these, you need a PDF reader).

Baybeck, Brady, William Berry and David Siegel. “A Strategic Theory of Policy Diffusion via Intergovernmental Competition.” Journal of Politics, forthcoming 2011.

Berry, William, Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt and Justin Esarey. “Testing for Interaction in Binary Logit and Probit Models: Is a Product Term Essential?” American Journal of Political Science, 54 (January 2010): 248-66.

Berry, William, Richard Fording, Evan Ringquist, Russell Hanson and Carl Klarner. “Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the U.S. States: A Re-appraisal.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 10 (Summer 2010): 117-35.

Carsey, Thomas, Richard Niemi, William Berry, Lynda Powell and James Snyder. “State Legislative Elections, 1967-2003: Announcing the Completion of a Cleaned and Updated Dataset.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 8 (Winter 2008): 430-43.

“The Measurement and Stability of State Citizen Ideology,” with Evan Ringquist, Richard Fording and Russell Hanson. State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 7 (Summer 2007) & “A Rejoinder: The Measurement and Stability of State Citizen Ideology” (Summer 2007). [Abstract]]

“The Historical Impact of Welfare programs on Poverty: Evidence from the American States,” with Richard Fording. Policy Studies Journal, 35 (February 2007). [Abstract]]

“A Comment on ‘Correction: Does State Political Ideology Change Over Time?’,” with Evan Ringquist, Richard Fording and Russell Hanson. Political Research Quarterly, 59 (September 2006). ]

“Using Geographic Systems to Study Interstate Competition,” with Brady Baybeck, American Political Science Review, 99 (November 2005). [[Abstract]][Portion of “Unpublished Supplement” cited in article containing more detailed description of GIS measurement procedure] [Portion of “Unpublished Supplement” containing supplementary statistical output cited in article]

“Reassessing the ‘Race to the Bottom’ in State Welfare Policy: Resolving the Conflict Between Individual-Level and Aggregate Research,” with Richard Fording and Russell Hanson, Journal of Politics, 65 (May 2003)[[Abstract]]

“Legislative Professionalism and Incumbent Reelection: The Development of "Institutional Boundaries,” with Michael Berkman and Stuart Schneiderman, American Political Science Review, 94 (December 2000). [[Abstract]]

“An Annual Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960-1995,” with Richard Fording and Russell Hanson, Journal of Politics, 62 (May 2000).[[Abstract]]

“The Determinants of Success in Implementing an Expert System in State Government,” with Frances Berry and Stephen Foster, Public Administration Review, 58 (July/August 1998). [Abstract]

“Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960 - 1993,” with Evan J. Ringquist, Richard C. Fording, and Russell L. Hanson, American Journal of Political Science, 42 (January 1998). [Abstract]

“Measuring State Tax Capacity and Effort,” with Richard Fording. Social Science Quarterly (March 1997). [Abstract]]

“The Politics of Tax Increases in the States,” with Frances S. Berry, American Journal of Political Science, 38 (August 1994). [Abstract]

“Explaining the Competitiveness of Gubernatorial Primaries,” with Bradley Canon. Journal of Politics, 55 (May 1993). [Abstract]

“Tax Innovation by American States: Capitalizing on Political Opportunity,” with Frances S. Berry, American Journal of Political Science, 36 (August 1992). [Abstract]

“Specifying a Model of State Policy Innovation,” with Frances S. Berry, American Political Science Review “controversy” paper, 84 (June 1991).

“An Alternative Approach to Understanding Budgetary Tradeoffs,” with David Lowery, American Journal of Political Science, 34 (August 1990). [Abstract]

“State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations: An Event History Analysis,” with Frances S. Berry, American Political Science Review, 84 (June 1990). [Abstract]

“The Confusing Case of Budgetary Incrementalism: Too Many Meanings for a Single Concept?” Journal of Politics, 52 (February 1990). [Abstract]

“Convergence and Divergence in Empirical Analyses of Fiscal Politics,” with David Lowery, American Politics Quarterly, 17 (October 1989). [Abstract]

“Explaining the Size of the Public Sector: Responsive and Excessive Government Interpretations,” with David Lowery. Journal of Politics, 49 (May 1987). [Abstract]

“Testing Budgetary Theories with Budgetary Data: Assessing the Risks,” American Journal of Political Science, 30 (August 1986). [Abstract]

“Testing the Right Hypothesis with the Right Specification: A Reply to Tullock,” with David Lowery. Social Science Quarterly, 67 (March 1986).

“The Measurement of Government Size: Implications for the Study of Government Growth,” with David Lowery. Journal of Politics, 46 (November 1984). [Abstract]

“The Growing Cost of Government: A Test of Two Explanations,” with David Lowery. Social Science Quarterly, 65 (September 1984). [Abstract]

“An Alternative to the Capture Theory of Regulation: The Case of State Public Utility Commissions,” American Journal of Political Science, 28 (August 1984). [Abstract]

“The Growth of Government in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Competing Explanations,” with David Lowery. American Journal of Political Science, 27 (November 1983). [Abstract]

“Cost and the Calculus of Voting,” with Lee Sigelman. Political Behavior, 4 (1982). [Abstract]

“Theories of Regulatory Impact: The Roles of the Regulator, the Regulated, and the Public,” Policy Studies Review, 4 (February 1982). [Abstract]

“Comment on Jennings,” with Lee Sigelman, American Political Science Review, 75 (September 1981).

“Utility Regulation in the States: The Policy Effects of Professionalism and Salience to the Consumer,” American Journal of Political Science, 23 (May 1979). [Abstract]

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