Mathew D. McCubbins | Scholars@Duke

Mathew D. McCubbins
Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

McCubbins is perhaps best known for the argument that legislative majorities, whether they be the dominant legislative party or a coalition parties governments (even supported minority coalitions) usurp the power resident in the legislature for their own purposes. Within busy legislatures, legislation is controlled as a consequence of a party or coalition of parties capturing control of key legislative assets, such as congressional committee in the US Congress, which because of the rules have blocking (or veto power) and thus serve as a gateway (or gate) to discussion of a bill by the full plenum. The legislative process is replete with gates that are both subtle and gross. All other powers to set the agenda arise as a consequence of creating and controlling the legislative process.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014
Professor in the Department of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
Professor of Law, Duke Law School, Duke University 2013

Contact Information

Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Law School, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708
mathew.mccubbins@duke.edu (919) 613-7006
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 1983
Recognition
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Cox, GW, and McCubbins, MD. Legislative leviathan: Party government in the house, second edition. January 1, 2007. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M. Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2007. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives. Cambridge University Press, 2005. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M. Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2002. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, Gerber, E, Lupia, A, and Kiewiet, D. Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy. Prentice-Hall, 2001. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M, and Haggard, S. Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?. Cambridge University Press, 1998. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M. The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalism in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M. Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutional Approach. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. University of California Press, 1993. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M. Under the Watchful Eye: Managing Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992. (Edited Book)
  - McCubbins, M, and Kiewiet, D. The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. University of Chicago Press, 1991. (Monograph)
  - McCubbins, M. Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Edited Book)
- Book Sections
  - McCubbins, M, Lucas, G, and Turner, M. "Against Game Theory." In Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, 1-16. 2015. (Chapter) Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Common Agency? Legislatures and Bureaucracies." In Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, 567-587. 2014. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Turner, M, and Weller, N. "Testing the Foundations of Quantal Response Equilibrium." In Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 144-153. 2013. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Noll, R, and Weingast, B. "Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control." In Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 369-383. 2012. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Turner, M, and Weller, N. "The Theory of Minds Within the Theory of Games." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2012. (Chapter) Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Weller, N. "Effects of Network Structure on Costly Coordination." In Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Fall Symposium on Social Networks and Social Contagion. 2012. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "The Mythology of Game Theory." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2012. (Chapter)
  - Turner, M. "Going Cognitive: Tools for Rebuilding the Social Sciences." In Grounding Social Sciences in Cognitive Sciences. 2012. (Chapter)
  - Cox, GW, and McCubbins, MD. "Managing Plenary Time: The U.S. Congress in Comparative Context." In The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress. May 2, 2011. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Boudreau, C, and Coulson, S. "Pathways to Persuasion: How Neuroscience Can Inform the Study and Practice of Law." In Law and Neuroscience: Current Legal Issues, Volume. 2011. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Enemark, D, Paturi, R, and Weller, N. "Does More Connectivity Help Groups to Solve Social Problems?." In Proceedings of the ACM Conference of Electronic Commerce. 2011. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Agenda Power in the U.S. Congress in a Comparative Perspective." In Oxford Handbook of the American Congress. 2011. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Moule, E. "The Fiscal Shape of the American States: Trends and Issues in State Budgeting in the 21st Century." In Governing Arizona, The Communications Institute. 2009. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, MD, and Rodriguez, DB. "The Judiciary and the Role of Law." In The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy. June 19, 2008. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Kousser, T, and Rozga, K. "When Does the Ballot Box Limit the Budget? Politics and Spending Limits in California, Colorado, Utah and Washington." In Fiscal Challenges. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Brady, D. "American Political Geography." In Process, Party and Policy Making: Further New Perspective on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2007. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "The Political Economy of Law." In The Handbook of Law and Economics. 2007. (Chapter)
  - Lake, DA, and McCubbins, MD. "The logic of delegation to international organizations." In Delegation and Agency in International Organizations, 341-368. January 1, 2006. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Cox, G, and Hartog, C. "The Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House of Representatives." In Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2006. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Lake, D. "The Logic of Delegation to International Agencies." In Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "An Introduction to PPT and the Law." In The Handbook of Positive Political Economy. Oxford University Press, 2006. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Legislative Process and the Mirroring Principle." In The Handbook of the New Institutional Economics. 2005. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Campbell, A, and Cox, G. "Agenda Power in the US Senate, 1877 to 1986." In Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2002. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Agenda Power in the US House of Representatives, 1877 to 1986." In Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2002. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Lupia, A, and Popkin, S. "Constructing a Theory of Reasoning." In Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Lupia, A, and Popkin, S. "Beyond Rationality: Reason and the Study of Politics." In Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "The Institutional Determinants of Public Policy." In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy, 21-. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "The Institutional Determinants of Economic Policy Outcomes." In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Haggard, S. "Political Institutions and the Determinants of Public Policy." In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy, 1-. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Heller, W. "Political Institutions and Economic Development: The Case of Electric Utility Regulation in Argentina and Chile." In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy, 229-. Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "The Institutional Foundations of Political Competence." In Elements of Reason: Coginition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Gridlock and the Democratic Tradeoff Between Decisiveness and Resoluteness." In The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought. Routledge Press, 2000. (Chapter) Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Legislative Process." In The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought. Routledge Press, 2000. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Heller, W, and Keefer, P. "Political Structure and Economic Liberalization: Conditions and Cases from the Developing World." In The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. Princeton University Pres, 1998. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Drake, P. "The Origins of Liberty." In The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Legislative Control of Bureaucratic Policy Making." In New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law. 1998. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Afterword." In The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, Cohen, L, and Rosenbluth, F. "The Politics of Nuclear Power in Japan and the United States." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States, 117-. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Noble, G. "Equilibrium Behavior and the Appearance of Power: Legislators, Bureaucrats and the Budget Process in the U.S. and Japan." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Noble, G. "Perceptions and Realities of Japanese Budgeting." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Rosenbluth, F. "Partisan Allocation of the Personal Vote in Japan and the United States." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Putting the State Back into State Government: The Constitution and the Budget." In Constitutional Reform in California: Making State Government More Effective and Responsive. Institute of Governmental Studies, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Introduction." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Conclusion." In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Party Coherence on Roll Call Votes in the U.S. House of Representatives." In Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Party Decline and Presidential Campaigns in the Television Age." In Under the Watchful Eye: Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era, 9-58. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Introduction." In Under the Watchful Eye: Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. : Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Conclusion." In Under the Watchful Eye: Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Government on Lay-Away: Federal Spending and Deficits Under Divided Government." In Politics of Divided Government. 1991. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Fiscal Policy and Divided Government." In The Politics of Divided Government. Westview Press, 1991. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Party Politics, Divided Government, and Budget Deficits." In The Politics of Economic Policy in The U.S. and Japan. Brookings Institution, 1991. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M. "Party Governance and U.S. Budget Deficits: Divided Control and Fiscal Stalemate." In Politics and Economics in the Eighties, 83-122. University of Chicago Press, 1991. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Page, T. "A Theory of Congressional Delegation." In Congress: Structure and Policy, 409-425. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Sullivan, T. "Introduction: Institutional Aspects of Decision Processes." In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Sullivan, T. "Representation." In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Sullivan, T. "The Shape of Congressional Institutions." In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Sullivan, T. "The Impact of Institutional Arrangements: Implications for the Study of Congress." In Congress:Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
  - McCubbins, M, and Sullivan, T. "The Impact of Institutional Arrangements on the Development of Public Policy." In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987. (Chapter)
- Conference Papers
  - McCubbins, MD, Turner, M, and Weller, N. "The challenge of flexible intelligence for models of human behavior." August 17, 2012.
- Journal Articles
  - Katz, JN, and McCubbins, MD. "Constitutions of exception: The constitutional foundations of the interruption of executive and legislative function." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 174, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 77-98. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, and Greene, S. "The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Charges (In preparation)." (2018).
  - McCubbins, M, and Seljan, E. "Fiscal Secession: An Analysis of Special Assessment Financing in California(Accepted)." Urban Affairs Review (2018).
  - McCubbins, M, and Seljan, E. "Fiscal Secession: An Analysis of Special Assessment Financing in California." Urban Affairs Review (2018): 1-33.
  - Enemark, D, Gibson, CC, McCubbins, MD, and Seim, B. "Effect of holding office on the behavior of politicians." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 48 (November 29, 2016): 13690-13695. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Enemark, D, and Turner, M. "Nashbots: How Political Scientists have Underestimated Human Rationality, and How to Fix it (In preparation)." (2016). Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Burnett, C. "Marriage on the Ballot: An Analysis of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums in North Carolina, Minnesota, and Washington During the 2012 Elections." Chapman Law Review 19 (2016): 1-34. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Seljan, E. "Neighborhoods by Assessment: An Analysis of Non-Ad Valorem Financing in California (In preparation)." (2016). Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Enemark, D, and Weller, N. "Knowledge and Networks: An Experimental Test of How Network Knowledge Affects Coordination." Social Networks 36 (2014): 122-133.
  - McCubbins, M, and Kiewiet, D. "State and Local Government Finance: The New Fiscal Ice Age." Annual Review of Political Science 17 (2014): 105-122.
  - McCubbins, M, and McCubbins, C. "Cheating on Their Taxes: When are Tax Limitations Effective at Limiting State Taxes, Expenditures, and Budgets?." Tax Law Review 67 (2014): 507-542. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Turner, M. "Are Individuals Fickle-Minded?." (2014): 237-252. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Lucas, G, and Turner, M. "Can We Build Behavioral Game Theory? (In preparation)." (2013). Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Rodriguez, D, and Weller, N. "Cheap, Easy or Connected: The Conditions for Creating Group Coordination." Southern California Law Review 86 (2013): 495-516. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Burnett, C. "When Common Wisdom Is Neither Common Nor Wisdom: Exploring Voters' Limited Use of Endorsements On Three Ballot Measures." Minnesota Law Review 97 (2013): 1557-.
  - McCubbins, M, and Burnett, C. "Sex and the Ballot Box: Perception of Ballot Measures Regarding Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion in California." Journal of Public Policy 34, no. 1 (2013): 3-33.
  - McCubbins, M, and Burnett, C. "Gaming Direct Democracy: How Voters' Views of Job Performance Interact with Elite Endorsements on Ballet Measures." California Journal of Politics Policy 5 (2013): 627-643. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Turner, M. "Concepts of Law." Southern California Law Review 86 (2013): 517-570. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Coviello, L, Franceschetti, M, Paturi, R, and Vattani, A. "Human Matching Behavior in Social Networks: An Algorithmic Perspective." PLOS One 7 (2012).
  - McCubbins, M, Turner, M, and Weller, N. "The Challenge of Flexible Intelligence for Models of Human Behavior." 2012 (2012): 3-12. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "Superstatutory Entrenchment: A Positive and Normative Interrogatory." Yale Law Journal Online 120 (2011): 387-.
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "Statutory Interpretation: How Much Work Does Language Do? Deriving Interpretive Principles From a Theory of Communication and Lawmaking." Brooklyn Law Review 76 (2011): 979-996.
  - McCubbins, M, and Weller, N. "Trusting Your Beliefs: Understanding Beliefs and Behavior in a Trust Game (In preparation)." (2011).
  - McCubbins, M. "Statutory Meanings: Deriving Interpretive Principles from a Theory of Communication and Lawmaking." Brooklyn Law Review 76 (2011): 979-996. Link to Item
  - Cox, GW, Kousser, T, and McCubbins, MD. "Party Power or Preferences? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from American State Legislatures." The Journal of Politics 72, no. 3 (July 2010): 799-811. Full Text
  - Boudreau, C, and McCubbins, MD. "The Blind Leading the Blind: Who Gets Polling Information and Does it Improve Decisions?." The Journal of Politics 72, no. 2 (April 2010): 513-527. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Akirav, O, and Cox, G. "Agenda Control in the Israeli Knesset During Ariel Sharon's Second Government." Journal of Legislative Studies 16 (2010): 251-267.
  - McCubbins, M, Boudreau, C, Rodriguez, D, and Weller, N. "Making Talk Cheap (and Problems Easy): How Legal and Political Institutions Can Facilitate Consensus." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 7 (2010): 868-885. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Burnett, C, and Garrett, E. "The Dilemma of Direct Democracy." Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 9 (2010): 305-324. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Cox, G, and Kousser, T. "Party Power or Preferences?: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from American State Legislatures." Journal of Politics 72 (2010): 1-13.
  - McCubbins, M, Israeli, A, Paturi, R, and Vattani, A. "Low Memory Distributed Protocols for 2-Coloring." Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems, 12th International Symposium 6366 (2010): 303-318.
  - McCubbins, M, Rodriguez, D, and Weingast, B. "The Rule of Law Unplugged." Emory Law Journal 59 (2010): 1455-1494. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Boudreau, C. "The Blind Leading the Blind: Who Gets Polling Information and Does It Improve Decisions?." Journal of Politics 72 (2010): 1-15. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Kogan, V. "Changing Tracks? The Prospect for California Pension Reforms." California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010): 1944-4370.
  - McCubbins, M, and McCubbins, C. "Proposition 13 and the California Fiscal Shell Game." California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010).
  - McCubbins, M, and Moule, E. "Making Mountains of Debt Out of Molehills: The Pro-Cyclical Implications of Tax and Expenditure Limitaions." National Tax Journal 63 (2010): 603-621. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Boudreau, C, and Coulson, S. "Knowing When to Trust Others: An ERP Study of Decision-Making After Receiving Information From Unknown People." Social, Coginitive, and Affective Neuroscience 4 (2009): 23-34. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Paturi, R, and Weller, N. "Connected Coordination: Network Structure and Group Coordination." American Politics Research 37 (2009): 899-920. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Boudreau, C. "Competition in the Courtroom: When Does Expert Testimony Improve Juror's Decisions." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 6 (2009): 793-817. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Kogan, V. "The Problem of Being Special: Democratic Values and Special Assessments." Public Works Management and Policy 14 (2009): 4-36.
  - McCubbins, M, Cox, G, and Heller, W. "Agenda Power in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, 1988-2000." Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (2008): 171-198.
  - McCubbins, M, Kousser, T, and Moule, E. "For Whom the TEL Tolls: Can State Tax and Expenditure Limits Effectively Reduce Spending?." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 8 (2008): 331-361.
  - McCubbins, M, Noll, R, Weingast, B, and Rodriguez, D. "Administrative Law Agonistes." Columbia Law Review Sidebar 108 (2008): 15-22. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Boudreau, C. "Nothing But the Truth? Experiments on Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, and Decision Making." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 5 (2008): 751-789. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Garrett, E. "When Voters Make Laws: How Direct Democracy is Shaping American Cities." Public Works Management and Policy 13 (2008): 39-61.
  - McCubbins, M, Boudreau, C, Lupia, A, and Rodriguez, D. "What Statutes Mean: Lesson From Positive Theories of Communication and Legislation." San Diego Law Review 44 (2007): 957-992.
  - McCubbins, M, and Barrett, C. "Revisiting the Links Between Governance and Biodiversity Loss." Conservation Biology 21 (2007): 900-901.
  - McCubbins, M, and Brody, D. "Afterword." (2007).
  - McCubbins, M, and Garrett, E. "The Dual Path Initiative Framework." Southern California Law Review 80 (2007): 299-346.
  - McCubbins, M, Barrett, C, Gibson, C, and Hoffman, B. "The Complex Links Between Governance and Biodiversity." Conservation Biology 20 (2006): 1358-1366.
  - McCubbins, M, Boudreau, C, and Rodriguez, D. "Statutory Interpretation and The Intentional(ist) Stance." Loyola Law Review 38 (2006): 2131-2146.
  - McCubbins, M, Chandler, W, and Cox, G. "Agenda Control in the Bundestag, 1980-2002." German Politics 15 (2006): 27-48.
  - McCubbins, M, and Lax, J. "Courts, Congress and Public Policy, Part 1: The FDA, the Courts and the Regulation of Tobacco." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 163-198.
  - McCubbins, M, and Lax, J. "Courts, Congress and Public Policy, Part II: The Impact of the Reappointment Revolution on Urban and Rural Interests." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 199-218.
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "When Does Deliberating Improve Decision Making?." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 9-50.
  - McCubbins, M. "Conditions for Judicial Independence." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 105-128.
  - McCubbins, M, and Kousser, T. "Social Choice, Crypto-Initiatives and Policy Making by Direct Democracy." Southern California Law Review 78 (2005): 949-984.
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "Lost in Translation: Social Change Theory is Misapplied Against Legislative Intent." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 585-617.
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "Canonical Construction and Statutory Revisionism: The Strange Case of the Appropriations Canon." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 669-715.
  - McCubbins, M, and Rodriguez, D. "What is New in the New Statutory Interpretation? Introduction to The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues Symposium." Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 535-547. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Gerber, E, and Lupia, A. "When Does Government Limit the Impact of Voter Initiatives? The Politics of Implementation and Enforcement." Journal of Politics 66 (2004): 43-68.
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Theories of Legislative Organizations." American Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Newsletter (2004).
  - McCubbins, M, Neto, O, and Cox, G. "Agenda Power in Brazil's Comara dos Deputados, 1989 to 1998." World Politics 55 (2003).
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "A Pracis on Legislative Leadership." Extensions: Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center (2003).
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "A Response to Austen-Smith." Public Choice 106 (2001): 183-189.
  - LUPIA, A, and MCCUBBINS, MD. "Representation or abdication? How citizens use institutions to help delegation succeed." European Journal of Political Research 37, no. 3 (May 2000): 291-307. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, Cox, G, and Masuyama, M. "Agenda Power in the Japanese House of Representatives." Japanese Journal of Political Science 1 (2000): 1-21.
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "Representation or Abdication: How Citizens Use Institutions to Make Their Agents Accountable." European Journal of Political Research 37 (1999): 291-307.
  - McCubbins, M. "The Political Origins of the Administrative Procedure Act." Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 15 (1999): 180-217.
  - McCubbins, M. "Abdication or Delegation? Congress, the Bureaucracy, and the Delegation Dilemma." Regulation 22 (1999): 30-37. Link to Item
  - Cox, GW, and McCubbins, MD. "Toward a theory of legislative rules changes: Assessing Schickler and rich's evidence." American Journal of Political Science 41, no. 4 (October 1, 1997): 1376-1386.
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Towards a Theory of Legislative Rules Changes: A Response to Schickler and Rich." American Journal of Political Science 41 (1997): 1376-1386.
  - McCubbins, M, and Thies, M. "As a Matter of Factions: The Budgetary Implications of Shifting Factional Control in Japan's LDP." Legislative Studies Quarterly 22 (1997): 293-329.
  - McCubbins, M, and Heller, W. "Politics, Institutions, and Outcomes: Electricity Regulation in Argentina and Chile." Journal of Policy Reform 1 (1996): 357-387.
  - McCubbins, M, and Thies, M. "Rationality and the Foundations of Positive Political Theory." Rebaiasan (in Japanese, [Leviathan]) 19 (1996): 7-32. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Politics and the Courts: A Positive Theory of Judicial Doctrine and the Rule of Law." Southern California Law Review 68 (1995): 1631-1683.
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "Bonding, Structure, and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House." Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (1994): 215-231.
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "Designing Bureaucratic Accountability." Law and Contemporary Problems 57 (1994): 91-126. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Lupia, A. "Who Controls? Information and the Structure of Legislative Decision Making." Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (1994): 361-384.
  - McCubbins, M. "Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation." Law and Contemporary Problems 57 (1994): 3-37. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Learning From Oversight:Fire Alarms and Polic Patrols Reconsidered." Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 10 (1994): 96-125. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Positive Canons: The Role of Legislative Bargains in Statutory Interpretation." Georgetown Law Journal 80 (1992): 705-742.
  - McCubbins, M, and Cox, G. "On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress." Legislative Studies Quarterly 16 (1991): 547-570.
  - McCubbins, M. "The Theory of Interpretive Canon and Legislative Behavior." International Law and Economics Review 12 (1991): 235-238.
  - McCubbins, M, Noll, R, and Weingast, B. "Positive and Normative Models of Procedural Rights: An Integrative Approach to Administrative Procedures." Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 6 (1990): 307-332.
  - McCubbins, M. "Slack, Public Interest, and Structure-Induced Policy." Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 6 (1990): 203-212. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Budget Policy-making and the Appearance of Power." Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations 6 (1990): 133-153. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M. "Book Review." American Political Science Review (1990): 302-304. (Review)
  - McCubbins, M, Calvert, R, and Weingast, B. "A Theory of Political Control and Agency Discretion." American Journal of Political Science 33 (1989): 588-611. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Noll, R, and Weingast, B. "Structure and Process: Politics and Policy: Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies." Virginia Law Review 75 (1989): 431-482.
  - McCubbins, M, and Kiewiet, D. "Parties, Committees, and Policymaking in the U.S. Congress: A Comment on the Role of Transaction Costs as Determinants of the Governance Structure of Political Institutions." Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 145 (1989): 676-685.
  - McCubbins, M, and Kiewiet, D. "Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriation Decisions." American Journal of Political Science 32 (1988): 713-736. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, and Schwartz, T. "Congress, The Courts and Public Policy: Policy Consequences of the One Man, One Vote Rule." American Journal of Political Science 32 (1988): 388-415.
  - McCubbins, M, Noll, R, and Weingast, B. "Administrative Procedure as Instruments of Political Control." Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 3 (1987): 243-277. Link to Item
  - McCubbins, M, Cox, G, and Sullivan, T. "Policy Choice as an Electoral Investment." Social Choice and Welfare 48 (1986): 370-389.
  - McCubbins, M, and Page, T. "The Congressional Foundations of Agency Performance." Public Choice 51 (1986): 173-190.
  - McCubbins, M. "Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game." Journal of Politics 48 (1986): 370-389.
  - McCubbins, M, and Kiewiet, D. "Congressional Appropriations and the Electoral Connection." Journal of Politics 47 (1985): 59-82.
  - McCubbins, M, and Schwartz, T. "The Politics of Flatland." Public Choice 46 (1985): 45-60.
  - McCubbins, M. "Appropriation Decisions as a Bilateral Bargaining Game Between the President and Congress." Legislative Studies Quarterly 10 (1985): 181-201.
  - McCubbins, M. "The Legislative Design of Regulatory Structure." American Journal of Political Science 29 (1985): 721-748.
  - Cox, GW, McCubbins, MD, and Sullivan, T. "Policy choice as an electoral investment." Social Choice and Welfare 1, no. 3 (October 1984): 231-242. Full Text
  - McCubbins, M, and Schwartz, T. "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols vs. Fire Alarms." American Journal of Political Science 28 (1984): 165-179.
  - McCubbins, M. "Constituency Influence on Legislative Policy Choice." Quality and Quantity 18 (1984): 299-319.
  - McCubbins, M. "Policy Components of Arms Competitions." American Journal of Political Science 27 (1983): 385-406.
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