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Dean Lacy

Professor of Government
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Departments and Programs

  • Government

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Contact Information

Email: dean.p.lacy@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-9228
Office: 6108 Silsby Hall

Education

B.A. University of Virginia; M.A. Duke University; Ph.D. Duke University

Areas of Expertise

Elections and public opinion; school boards; electoral institutions and behavior, public opinion, political parties, Congress, presidency; electoral institutions and behavior; democratic theory, game theory; experiments, statistics, survey research

Selected Works

  • "A Theory of Issue Linkage and Economic Sanctions: The Roles of Information, Preferences, and Threats," with E Niou, Journal of Politics, 66:1 (2004) 25-42.
  • "The Origins and Impact of Voter Support for Third-Party Candidates: A Case Study of the 1998 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election," with Q Monson, Political Research Quarterly, 55:2 (2002) 409-437.
  • "Economic Performance, Job Insecurity, and Electoral Choice," Political Analysis, 9:2 (2001) 1-21.
  • "Nonseparable Preferences in Survey Responses," American Journal of Political Science, 45:2 (2001) 239-258 [Errata 45:3].

Current Projects

"Complex Opinions: How Survey Research Underestimates the Mass Public;" "Taxing, Spending, Red States, and Blue States: The Political Economy of Redistribution in the American Federal System;" "Nonseparable Preferences in Politics: Theory and Applications;" "Voting in a System of Checks and Balances: Institutions and Voter Choice in US Presidential and Gubernatorial Elections