U.S. politics, democratic political institutions, political game theory
Nolan Matthew McCarty (born December 10, 1967) is an American political scientist specializing in U.S. politics, democratic political institutions, and political methodology. He has made notable contributions to the study of partisan polarization, the politics of economic inequality, theories of policy-making, and the statistical analysis of legislative voting.
He is currently the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he is also the Director of the Center for Data-Driven Social Science.
———————; Poole, Keith T.; Rosenthal, Howard (2006). Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN978-0-262-13464-4.
———————; Poole, Keith T.; Rosenthal, Howard (1997). Income Redistribution and the Realignment of American Politics. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press. ISBN978-0-8447-7078-9.
The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures (with Boris Shor) (American Political Science Review 105(3): 530–551, 2011)
Political Fortunes: On Finance and Its Regulation (with Keith Poole, Thomas Romer and Howard Rosenthal) (Daedalus 139(4): 61–73, 2010)
Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization? (with Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal) (American Journal of Political Science 53(3): 666–680, 2009)
Presidential Vetoes in the Early Republic: Changing Constitutional Norms or Electoral Reform (Journal of Politics 71(2): 369–384, 2009)
Bureaucratic Capacity, Delegation, and Political Reform (with John Huber) (American Political Science Review 98(3): 481–494, 2004)
The Hunt for Party Discipline (with Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal (American Political Science Review 95(3): 673–687, 2001)
The Politics of Blame: Bargaining before an Audience (with Timothy Groseclose) (American Journal of Political Science 45(1): 100–119, 2000)
Advice and Consent: Senate Response to Executive Branch Nominations, 1885–1996 (with Rose Razaghian (American Journal of Political Science 43(3): 1122–43, 1999)