Electoral System Incentives for Interparty and Intraparty Politics

Using novel computational tools and a comprehensive and updated dataset on electoral systems, this book develops precise and transparent measures of both electoral systems' interparty and intraparty incentives.

Brian F. Crisp, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis,Patrick Cunha Silva, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago,Santiago Olivella, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Guillermo Rosas, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

Brian F. Crisp is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. His work on electoral systems, legislative politics, interbranch relations, and policy choices has been published in The American Journal of Political Science, The American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, and elsewhere.


Patrick Cunha Silva is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. His research interests focus on representation and electoral politics. His work has been published in The Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, and Political Behavior, among others.


Santiago Olivella is an Associate Professor in Political Science and of Data Science and Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Olivella has published work in a variety of journals, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Political Analysis, and Electoral Studies, and has contributed open-source software for quantitative research.


Guillermo Rosas is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the economic consequences of political regimes and on the effects of political institutions on political elite behavior, especially in Latin America, and has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Comparative Political Studies, among others.