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Arthur Lupia



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

Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

Treasurer, American Political Science Association

lupia@umich.edu
T: 734.647.7549

F: 734.764.3341

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Biography

Classes

PS 111: Introduction to American Politics
  > Syllabus
  > "Evaluating Political Science Research" Reading for Week of 1/10-1/16
  > "Were Bush Tax Cut Supporters 'Simply Ignorant'?" Reading for Week of 2/7-2/13
  > Lupia delegation reading for Week 6 of PS 111

PS 311: American Political Process
  > Syllabus

PS 681: Intermediate Game Theory
  > Syllabus
  > Introduction
  > Social Choice Theory
  > Group Preferences
  > Normal Form Games
  > Spatial Models
  > Media and Implementation
  > Extensive Forms in Comparative Politics
  > Incomplete Information (I)
  > Incomplete Information (II)
  > Examples of Incomplete Information
  > The Democratic Dilemma
  > New Games

PS 688: The 2008 Election and the American National Election Studies
  > Syllabus

 

 
 
Books

>The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? (1998)

> Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice, and the Bounds of Rationality (2000)

> Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy (2001)

> Positive Changes in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey's Most Influential Writings (2007)

> The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science (2010)

 

Research Topics

Voting/Mass Decisions
 > Civic Competence
 > Deliberation
 > Direct Democracy
 > Experiments
 > Models
 > Political Communication
 >
Political Psychology
 > Racially Polarized Voting


Legislation/Elite Decisions
 > Delegation and Accountability
 > McCain/Feingold
 > Parliaments/Coalitions
 > Statutory Interpretation
 > Term Limits


Methods/Phil. of Science
 > Game Theory
 > Value of Political Science