Mathew D. McCubbins | Scholars@Duke

Mathew D. McCubbins
Ruth F. DeVarney Distinguished 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 Distinguished 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

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
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Law, Duke Law School, Duke University 2013 - 2019
Recognition
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Cox, G. W., and M. D. McCubbins. Legislative leviathan: Party government in the house, second edition, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511810060.
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  - McCubbins, M. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  - McCubbins, M. Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2007.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  - McCubbins, M. Party, Process and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2002.
  - McCubbins, M., E. Gerber, A. Lupia, and D. Kiewiet. Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy. Prentice-Hall, 2001.
  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and S. Haggard. Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M. The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalism in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998.
  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. The Democratic Dilemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know? Cambridge University Press, 1998.
  - McCubbins, M. Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States: An Institutional Approach. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. University of California Press, 1993.
  - McCubbins, M. Under the Watchful Eye: Managing Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Kiewiet. The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process. University of Chicago Press, 1991.
  - McCubbins, M. Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Academic Articles
  - Burnett, C. M., and M. D. McCubbins. “Is political knowledge unique?” Political Science Research and Methods 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 188–95. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2018.43.
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  - McCubbins, M. D., and N. Weller. “Coordination, Communication, and Information: How Network Structure and Knowledge Affect Group Behavior.” Journal of Experimental Political Science, January 1, 2020, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2019.10.
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  - McCubbins, M., and E. Seljan. “Fiscal Secession: An Analysis of Special Assessment Financing in California.” Urban Affairs Review, 2018.
  - McCubbins, M., and E. Seljan. “Fiscal Secession: An Analysis of Special Assessment Financing in California.” Urban Affairs Review, 2018, 1–33.
  - McCubbins, M., and J. Katz. “Constitutions of Exception: The Constitutional Foundations of the Interruption of Executive and Legislative Function.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 174, no. 1 (2018): 77–98.
  - McCubbins, M., and M. Turner. “Selves and Choices.” Reti, Saperi, Linguaggi: Italian Journal of Cognitive Sciences 5, no. 1 (2018): 47–58.
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  - McCubbins, M., and S. Greene. “The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Charges,” 2018.
  - McCubbins, M., D. Enemark, C. Gibson, and B. Seim. “Effect of Holding Office on the Behavior of Politicians.” Pnas 113, no. 48 (2016): 13690–95.
  - McCubbins, M., D. Enemark, and M. Turner. “Nashbots: How Political Scientists have Underestimated Human Rationality, and How to Fix it,” 2016.
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  - McCubbins, M., and C. Burnett. “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.
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  - McCubbins, M., and E. Seljan. “Neighborhoods by Assessment: An Analysis of Non-Ad Valorem Financing in California,” 2016.
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  - McCubbins, M., D. Enemark, and N. Weller. “Knowledge and Networks: An Experimental Test of How Network Knowledge Affects Coordination.” Social Networks 36 (2014): 122–33.
  - McCubbins, M., and C. McCubbins. “Cheating on Their Taxes: When are Tax Limitations Effective at Limiting State Taxes, Expenditures, and Budgets?” Tax Law Review 67 (2014): 507–42.
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  - McCubbins, M., and D. Kiewiet. “State and Local Government Finance: The New Fiscal Ice Age.” Annual Review of Political Science 17 (2014): 105–22.
  - McCubbins, M., and M. Turner. “Are Individuals Fickle-Minded?,” 2014, 237–52.
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  - McCubbins, M., D. Rodriguez, and N. Weller. “Cheap, Easy or Connected: The Conditions for Creating Group Coordination.” Southern California Law Review 86 (2013): 495–516.
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  - McCubbins, M., G. Lucas, and M. Turner. “Can We Build Behavioral Game Theory?,” 2013.
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  - McCubbins, M., and C. Burnett. “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 C. Burnett. “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 C. Burnett. “Gaming Direct Democracy: How Voters' Views of Job Performance Interact with Elite Endorsements on Ballet Measures.” California Journal of Politics Policy 5 (2013): 627–43.
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  - McCubbins, M., and M. Turner. “Concepts of Law.” Southern California Law Review 86 (2013): 517–70.
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  - McCubbins, M., L. Coviello, M. Franceschetti, R. Paturi, and A. Vattani. “Human Matching Behavior in Social Networks: An Algorithmic Perspective.” Plos One 7 (2012).
  - McCubbins, M., M. Turner, and N. Weller. “The Challenge of Flexible Intelligence for Models of Human Behavior” 2012 (2012): 3–12.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Statutory Meanings: Deriving Interpretive Principles from a Theory of Communication and Lawmaking.” Brooklyn Law Review 76 (2011): 979–96.
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  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “Superstatutory Entrenchment: A Positive and Normative Interrogatory.” Yale Law Journal Online 120 (2011).
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “Statutory Interpretation: How Much Work Does Language Do? Deriving Interpretive Principles From a Theory of Communication and Lawmaking.” Brooklyn Law Review 76 (2011): 979–96.
  - McCubbins, M., and N. Weller. “Trusting Your Beliefs: Understanding Beliefs and Behavior in a Trust Game,” 2011.
  - Cox, G. W., T. Kousser, and M. D. McCubbins. “Party power or preferences? Quasi-experimental evidence from American state legislatures.” Journal of Politics 72, no. 3 (July 1, 2010): 799–811. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381610000174.
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  - Boudreau, C., and M. D. McCubbins. “The blind leading the blind: Who gets polling information and does it improve decisions?” Journal of Politics 72, no. 2 (April 1, 2010): 513–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381609990946.
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  - McCubbins, M., A. Israeli, R. Paturi, and A. Vattani. “Low Memory Distributed Protocols for 2-Coloring.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems, 12th International Symposium 6366 (2010): 303–18.
  - McCubbins, M., C. Boudreau, D. Rodriguez, and N. Weller. “Making Talk Cheap (and Problems Easy): How Legal and Political Institutions Can Facilitate Consensus.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 7 (2010): 868–85.
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  - McCubbins, M., C. Burnett, and E. Garrett. “The Dilemma of Direct Democracy.” Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 9 (2010): 305–24.
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  - McCubbins, M., D. Rodriguez, and B. Weingast. “The Rule of Law Unplugged.” Emory Law Journal 59 (2010): 1455–94.
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  - McCubbins, M., G. Cox, and T. Kousser. “Party Power or Preferences?: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from American State Legislatures.” Journal of Politics 72 (2010): 1–13.
  - McCubbins, M., O. Akirav, and G. Cox. “Agenda Control in the Israeli Knesset During Ariel Sharon's Second Government.” Journal of Legislative Studies 16 (2010): 251–67.
  - McCubbins, M., and C. Boudreau. “The Blind Leading the Blind: Who Gets Polling Information and Does It Improve Decisions?” Journal of Politics 72 (2010): 1–15.
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  - McCubbins, M., and C. McCubbins. “Proposition 13 and the California Fiscal Shell Game.” California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010).
  - McCubbins, M., and E. Moule. “Making Mountains of Debt Out of Molehills: The Pro-Cyclical Implications of Tax and Expenditure Limitaions.” National Tax Journal 63 (2010): 603–21.
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  - McCubbins, M., and V. Kogan. “Changing Tracks? The Prospect for California Pension Reforms.” California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010): 1944–4370.
  - McCubbins, M., C. Boudreau, and S. Coulson. “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.
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  - McCubbins, M., R. Paturi, and N. Weller. “Connected Coordination: Network Structure and Group Coordination.” American Politics Research 37 (2009): 899–920.
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  - McCubbins, M., and C. Boudreau. “Competition in the Courtroom: When Does Expert Testimony Improve Juror's Decisions.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 6 (2009): 793–817.
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  - McCubbins, M., and V. Kogan. “The Problem of Being Special: Democratic Values and Special Assessments.” Public Works Management and Policy 14 (2009): 4–36.
  - McCubbins, M., G. Cox, and W. Heller. “Agenda Power in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, 1988-2000.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (2008): 171–98.
  - McCubbins, M., R. Noll, B. Weingast, and D. Rodriguez. “Administrative Law Agonistes.” Columbia Law Review Sidebar 108 (2008): 15–22.
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  - McCubbins, M., T. Kousser, and E. Moule. “For Whom the TEL Tolls: Can State Tax and Expenditure Limits Effectively Reduce Spending?” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 8 (2008): 331–61.
  - McCubbins, M., and C. Boudreau. “Nothing But the Truth? Experiments on Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, and Decision Making.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 5 (2008): 751–89.
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  - McCubbins, M., and E. Garrett. “When Voters Make Laws: How Direct Democracy is Shaping American Cities.” Public Works Management and Policy 13 (2008): 39–61.
  - McCubbins, M., C. Boudreau, A. Lupia, and D. Rodriguez. “What Statutes Mean: Lesson From Positive Theories of Communication and Legislation.” San Diego Law Review 44 (2007): 957–92.
  - McCubbins, M., and C. Barrett. “Revisiting the Links Between Governance and Biodiversity Loss.” Conservation Biology 21 (2007): 900–901.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Brody. “Afterword,” 2007.
  - McCubbins, M., and E. Garrett. “The Dual Path Initiative Framework.” Southern California Law Review 80 (2007): 299–346.
  - McCubbins, M. “Conditions for Judicial Independence.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 105–28.
  - McCubbins, M., C. Barrett, C. Gibson, and B. Hoffman. “The Complex Links Between Governance and Biodiversity.” Conservation Biology 20 (2006): 1358–66.
  - McCubbins, M., C. Boudreau, and D. Rodriguez. “Statutory Interpretation and The Intentional(ist) Stance.” Loyola Law Review 38 (2006): 2131–46.
  - McCubbins, M., W. Chandler, and G. Cox. “Agenda Control in the Bundestag, 1980-2002.” German Politics 15 (2006): 27–48.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “When Does Deliberating Improve Decision Making?” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 9–50.
  - McCubbins, M., and J. Lax. “Courts, Congress and Public Policy, Part 1: The FDA, the Courts and the Regulation of Tobacco.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 15 (2006): 163–98.
  - McCubbins, M., and J. Lax. “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 A. Lupia. “Lost in Translation: Social Change Theory is Misapplied Against Legislative Intent.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 585–617.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “Canonical Construction and Statutory Revisionism: The Strange Case of the Appropriations Canon.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 669–715.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “What is New in the New Statutory Interpretation? Introduction to The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues Symposium.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 14 (2005): 535–47.
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  - McCubbins, M., and T. Kousser. “Social Choice, Crypto-Initiatives and Policy Making by Direct Democracy.” Southern California Law Review 78 (2005): 949–84.
  - McCubbins, M., E. Gerber, and A. Lupia. “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 G. Cox. “Theories of Legislative Organizations.” American Political Science Association Comparative Politics Newsletter, 2004.
  - McCubbins, M., O. Neto, and G. Cox. “Agenda Power in Brazil's Comara dos Deputados, 1989 to 1998.” World Politics 55 (2003).
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “A Pracis on Legislative Leadership.” Extensions: Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, 2003.
  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. “A Response to Austen-Smith.” Public Choice 106 (2001): 183–89.
  - Lupia, A., and M. D. McCubbins. “Representation or abdication? How citizens use institutions to help delegation succeed.” European Journal of Political Research 37, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 291–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.00514.
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  - McCubbins, M., G. Cox, and M. Masuyama. “Agenda Power in the Japanese House of Representatives.” Japanese Journal of Political Science 1 (2000): 1–21.
  - 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.
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  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. “Representation or Abdication: How Citizens Use Institutions to Make Their Agents Accountable.” European Journal of Political Research 37 (1999): 291–307.
  - Cox, G. W., and M. D. McCubbins. “Toward a theory of legislative rules changes: Assessing Schickler and rich's evidence.” American Journal of Political Science 41, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 1376–86. https://doi.org/10.2307/2960493.
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  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “Towards a Theory of Legislative Rules Changes: A Response to Schickler and Rich.” American Journal of Political Science 41 (1997): 1376–86.
  - McCubbins, M., and M. Thies. “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 M. Thies. “Rationality and the Foundations of Positive Political Theory.” Rebaiasan (In Japanese, [Leviathan]) 19 (1996): 7–32.
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  - McCubbins, M., and W. Heller. “Politics, Institutions, and Outcomes: Electricity Regulation in Argentina and Chile.” Journal of Policy Reform 1 (1996): 357–87.
  - McCubbins, M. “Politics and the Courts: A Positive Theory of Judicial Doctrine and the Rule of Law.” Southern California Law Review 68 (1995): 1631–83.
  - McCubbins, M. “Legislative Intent: The Use of Positive Political Theory in Statutory Interpretation.” Law and Contemporary Problems 57 (1994): 3–37.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Learning From Oversight:Fire Alarms and Polic Patrols Reconsidered.” Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 10 (1994): 96–125.
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  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. “Designing Bureaucratic Accountability.” Law and Contemporary Problems 57 (1994): 91–126.
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  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. “Who Controls? Information and the Structure of Legislative Decision Making.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (1994): 361–84.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “Bonding, Structure, and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (1994): 215–31.
  - McCubbins, M. “Positive Canons: The Role of Legislative Bargains in Statutory Interpretation.” Georgetown Law Journal 80 (1992): 705–42.
  - McCubbins, M. “The Theory of Interpretive Canon and Legislative Behavior.” International Law and Economics Review 12 (1991): 235–38.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 16 (1991): 547–70.
  - McCubbins, M. “Slack, Public Interest, and Structure-Induced Policy.” Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 6 (1990): 203–12.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Budget Policy-making and the Appearance of Power.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations 6 (1990): 133–53.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Book Review.” American Political Science Review, 1990, 302–4.
  - McCubbins, M., R. Noll, and B. Weingast. “Positive and Normative Models of Procedural Rights: An Integrative Approach to Administrative Procedures.” Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations 6 (1990): 307–32.
  - McCubbins, M., R. Calvert, and B. Weingast. “A Theory of Political Control and Agency Discretion.” American Journal of Political Science 33 (1989): 588–611.
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  - McCubbins, M., R. Noll, and B. Weingast. “Structure and Process: Politics and Policy: Administrative Arrangements and the Political Control of Agencies.” Virginia Law Review 75 (1989): 431–82.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Kiewiet. “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): 676–85.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Kiewiet. “Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriation Decisions.” American Journal of Political Science 32 (1988): 713–36.
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  - McCubbins, M., and T. Schwartz. “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., R. Noll, and B. Weingast. “Administrative Procedure as Instruments of Political Control.” Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 3 (1987): 243–77.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game.” Journal of Politics 48 (1986): 370–89.
  - McCubbins, M., G. Cox, and T. Sullivan. “Policy Choice as an Electoral Investment.” Social Choice and Welfare 48 (1986): 370–89.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Page. “The Congressional Foundations of Agency Performance.” Public Choice 51 (1986): 173–90.
  - 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): 721–48.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Kiewiet. “Congressional Appropriations and the Electoral Connection.” Journal of Politics 47 (1985): 59–82.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Schwartz. “The Politics of Flatland.” Public Choice 46 (1985): 45–60.
  - Cox, G. W., M. D. McCubbins, and T. Sullivan. “Policy choice as an electoral investment.” Social Choice and Welfare 1, no. 3 (October 1, 1984): 231–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00433518.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Constituency Influence on Legislative Policy Choice.” Quality and Quantity 18 (1984): 299–319.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Schwartz. “Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols vs. Fire Alarms.” American Journal of Political Science 28 (1984): 165–79.
  - McCubbins, M. “Policy Components of Arms Competitions.” American Journal of Political Science 27 (1983): 385–406.
- Book Sections
  - McCubbins, M., and M. Turner. “Collective Action in the Wild.” In The Extended Theory of Cognitive Creativity: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Performativity, 89–102. Springer, 2020.
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  - Cox, G. W., and M. D. McCubbins. “Divided control of fiscal policy.” In The Politics of Divided Government, 155–75, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429313844-7.
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  - McCubbins, M., G. Lucas, and M. Turner. “Against Game Theory.” In Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, 1–16, 2015.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Common Agency? Legislatures and Bureaucracies.” In Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, 567–87, 2014.
  - McCubbins, M., M. Turner, and N. Weller. “Testing the Foundations of Quantal Response Equilibrium.” In Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, 144–53, 2013.
  - 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.
  - McCubbins, M., M. Turner, and N. Weller. “The Theory of Minds Within the Theory of Games.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2012.
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  - McCubbins, M., R. Noll, and B. Weingast. “Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control.” In Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 369–83, 2012.
  - McCubbins, M., and N. Weller. “Effects of Network Structure on Costly Coordination.” In Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Fall Symposium on Social Networks and Social Contagion, 2012.
  - Turner, M. “Going Cognitive: Tools for Rebuilding the Social Sciences.” In Grounding Social Sciences in Cognitive Sciences, 2012.
  - Cox, G. W., and M. D. McCubbins. “Managing Plenary Time: The U.S. Congress in Comparative Context.” In The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199559947.003.0020.
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  - McCubbins, M., C. Boudreau, and S. Coulson. “Pathways to Persuasion: How Neuroscience Can Inform the Study and Practice of Law.” In Law and Neuroscience: Current Legal Issues, Volume, 2011.
  - McCubbins, M., D. Enemark, R. Paturi, and N. Weller. “Does More Connectivity Help Groups to Solve Social Problems?” In Proceedings of the ACM Conference of Electronic Commerce, 2011.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “Agenda Power in the U.S. Congress in a Comparative Perspective.” In Oxford Handbook of the American Congress, 2011.
  - McCubbins, M., and E. Moule. “The Fiscal Shape of the American States: Trends and Issues in State Budgeting in the 21st Century.” In Governing Arizona, The Communications Institute, 2009.
  - McCubbins, M. D., and D. B. Rodriguez. “The Judiciary and the Role of Law.” In The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548477.003.0015.
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  - McCubbins, M. “The Political Economy of Law.” In The Handbook of Law and Economics, 2007.
  - McCubbins, M., T. Kousser, and K. Rozga. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Brady. “American Political Geography.” In Process, Party and Policy Making: Further New Perspective on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press, 2007.
  - Lake, D. A., and M. D. McCubbins. “The logic of delegation to international organizations.” In Delegation and Agency in International Organizations, 341–68, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491368.013.
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  - McCubbins, M., G. Cox, and C. Hartog. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Lake. “The Logic of Delegation to International Agencies.” In Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  - McCubbins, M., and D. Rodriguez. “An Introduction to PPT and the Law.” In The Handbook of Positive Political Economy. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  - McCubbins, M. “Legislative Process and the Mirroring Principle.” In The Handbook of the New Institutional Economics, 2005.
  - McCubbins, M., A. Campbell, and G. Cox. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “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.
  - McCubbins, M. “Gridlock and the Democratic Tradeoff Between Decisiveness and Resoluteness.” In The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought. Routledge Press, 2000.
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  - McCubbins, M. “Legislative Process.” In The Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought. Routledge Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., A. Lupia, and S. Popkin. “Constructing a Theory of Reasoning.” In Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., A. Lupia, and S. Popkin. “Beyond Rationality: Reason and the Study of Politics.” In Elements of Reason: Cognition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and A. Lupia. “The Institutional Foundations of Political Competence.” In Elements of Reason: Coginition, Choice and the Bounds of Rationality, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “The Institutional Determinants of Public Policy.” In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “The Institutional Determinants of Economic Policy Outcomes.” In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and S. Haggard. “Political Institutions and the Determinants of Public Policy.” In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M., and W. Heller. “Political Institutions and Economic Development: The Case of Electric Utility Regulation in Argentina and Chile.” In Presidents, Parliaments, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  - McCubbins, M. “Legislative Control of Bureaucratic Policy Making.” In New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, 1998.
  - McCubbins, M. “Afterword.” In The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998.
  - McCubbins, M., W. Heller, and P. Keefer. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and P. Drake. “The Origins of Liberty.” In The Origins of Liberty: Political and Economic Liberalization in the Modern World. Princeton University Press, 1998.
  - 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.
  - McCubbins, M. “Introduction.” In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  - McCubbins, M. “Conclusion.” In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  - McCubbins, M., L. Cohen, and F. Rosenbluth. “The Politics of Nuclear Power in Japan and the United States.” In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  - McCubbins, M., and F. Rosenbluth. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Noble. “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.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Noble. “Perceptions and Realities of Japanese Budgeting.” In Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 1995.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “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.
  - 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.
  - McCubbins, M. “Introduction.” In Under the Watchful Eye: Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992.
  - McCubbins, M. “Conclusion.” In Under the Watchful Eye: Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era. Congressional Quarterly Press, 1992.
  - McCubbins, M. “Party Politics, Divided Government, and Budget Deficits.” In The Politics of Economic Policy in The U.S. and Japan. Brookings Institution, 1991.
  - 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.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “Government on Lay-Away: Federal Spending and Deficits Under Divided Government.” In Politics of Divided Government, 1991.
  - McCubbins, M., and G. Cox. “Fiscal Policy and Divided Government.” In The Politics of Divided Government. Westview Press, 1991.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Page. “A Theory of Congressional Delegation.” In Congress: Structure and Policy, 409–25. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Sullivan. “Introduction: Institutional Aspects of Decision Processes.” In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Sullivan. “Representation.” In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Sullivan. “The Shape of Congressional Institutions.” In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Sullivan. “The Impact of Institutional Arrangements: Implications for the Study of Congress.” In Congress:Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  - McCubbins, M., and T. Sullivan. “The Impact of Institutional Arrangements on the Development of Public Policy.” In Congress: Structure and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Conference Papers
  - Lupia, A., and M. D. McCubbins. “Democracy's Continuing Dilemma: How to Build Credibility in Chaotic Times.” In Ps Political Science and Politics, 52:654–58, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096519000970.
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  - McCubbins, M. D., M. Turner, and N. Weller. “The challenge of flexible intelligence for models of human behavior.” In Aaai Spring Symposium Technical Report, SS-12-03:54–60, 2012.
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