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M. Garrett Roth

Searle Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science, Duke University

Applied Microeconomics, Formal Models of Elections, Game Theory

‘A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.’ - H. L. Mencken

Curriculum Vitae (Dec. 2012)   

Research Agenda

Summary of Teaching Evaluations

Publications and Papers Under Review:

Roth, M. Garrett. 2011. "Resource Allocation and Voter Calculus in a Multicandidate Election." Public Choice    148: 337-51. (working paper version)

"Moving Against the Median Voter: The Effect of Representational Risk in a Two-Party Spatial Model." (under review at The Journal of Theoretical Politics)

"Social Cooperation Under Endogenous Time Preference" (under review at Games and Economic Behavior)

"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Polarization" (under review at The Quarterly Journal of Political Science)

 

Working Papers:

“Feedback Loops in Multicandidate Political Competition”

“The Impact of Endogenous Time Preference on Public Debt”

"Reconciling Competing Systems of Property Rights Through Adverse Possession"

“Political Campaigning as a Sequential Game: An Empirical Analysis”

"Political Shocks and the Optimal Sequence of Campaign Expenditure"

Courses Taught:

Duke University:

Political Science 139 - Conflict, Collusion, and Cooperation (Fall 2011, Spring 2012): Syllabus

St. Lawrence University:

Economics 100 -  Introduction to Economics (Fall 2010, Spring 2011): Syllabus

Economics 248A -  Government by Consensus: Voting Rules and Social Choice (Fall 2010): Syllabus

Binghamton University:

Economics 144 - The  Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (Summer 2008, Summer 2009): Syllabus

Economics 483M -  Applications of Game Theory to Business and Public Policy (Summer 2010): Syllabus

 

 

 

 

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