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Arthur Lupia

Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

Principal Investigator, American National Election Studies

Co-Principal Investigator of the TESS Project

lupia@umich.edu
T: 734.647.7549

F: 734.764.3341

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Parliamentary Democracy & Coalitions

Arthur Lupia and Kaare Strøm. 1995. "Coalition Termination and the Strategic Timing of Parliamentary Elections." American Political Science Review 89: 648-665.

Arthur Lupia and Mathew D. McCubbins. 2000. "Representation or Abdication? How Citizens Use Institutions to Help Delegation Succeed." European Journal of Political Research 37: 291 - 307.

Arthur Lupia. 2000. "The EU, the EEA, and Domestic Accountability: How Outside Forces Affect Delegation within Member States." Journal of Legislative Studies 6: 15-32.

Arthur Lupia. 2001. "Delegation of Power: Agency Theory." In Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences 5: 3375 - 3377. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Limited.

Arthur Lupia. 2003. "Delegation and its Perils." In Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Kaare Strøm (eds.) Delegation and Accountability in West European Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 33-54.

Arthur Lupia and Gisela Sin. 2005. "How the President and Senate Affect the Balance of Power in the House: A Constitutional Theory of Leadership Bargaining." Manuscript.

Arthur Lupia and Kaare Strøm. 2008. "Bargaining, Transaction Costs, and Coalition Governance." In Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Kaare Strøm (eds.), Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining: The Democratic Life Cycle in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 51-84.

 
Books

> The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?

> Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice, and the Bounds of Rationality

> Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy

> Positive Changes in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey's Most Influential Writings


Research Topics

Voting/Mass Decisions
 > Civic Competence
 > Deliberation
 > Direct Democracy
 > Experiments
 > Models
 > Political Comm.
 >
Political Psychology
 > Racially Polarized Voting
Legislation/Elite Decisions
 > Delegation and Accountability
 > McCain/Feingold
 > Parliaments/Coalitions
 > Statutory Interpretation
 > Term Limits
 > Taxes
Methods/Phil. of Science
 > Game Theory
 > Value of Political Science


Students

> Adam Seth Levine
> Yanna Krupnikov
> Yoshikuni Ono
> Kenyatha V. Loftis