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Department of Political Science

The Capitol

Scott J. Basinger

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794-4392
(631) 632-7624 (office)
(631) 632-4116 (fax)
scott.basinger@stonybrook.edu




  • Curriculum Vitae [ doc pdf ]
Academic Positions
Stony Brook University, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, August 2001 –
Director, Public Policy Program, January 2003 –


Stanford University, Social Science History Institute & Department of Political Science
Postdoctoral Fellow & Visiting Professor, August 2000 – July 2001
Education
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. in Political Science, 2001
Exams: Formal Theory and Methodology; American Politics; Comparative Politics
Dissertation: "Checks and Balances: Party Politics and Judicial Power" Mathew McCubbins (Chair), Gary Cox, Gary Jacobson, Joel Sobel, Michael Parrish


University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. cum laude in Political Science, 1995
Thesis: "Effects of Factor Mobility and Partisanship on Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Tax Policy in the American States, 1966-1992" (High Honors in Political Science)
Scholarly Publications
  1. "Candidates, Campaigns, or Partisan Conditions? Reevaluating Strategic-Politicians Theory," with Michael Ensley. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 32, 3: 361-394 (August 2007).


  2. "Ambivalence, Information, and Electoral Choice," with Howard Lavine. American Political Science Review, 99, 2: 169-184 (May 2005).


  3. "Remodeling the Competition for Capital: How Domestic Politics Erases the Race to the Bottom," with Mark Hallerberg. American Political Science Review, 98, 2: 261-276 (May 2004).

    4. † Winner of the APSA Luebbert Prize for Best Article in Comparative Politics in 2003 or 2004 (Awarded by APSA Section 20, Comparative Politics)

  4. "Regulating Slavery: Deck-Stacking and Credible Commitment in the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850,"Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 19, 2: 307-342 (October 2003).


  5. "Globalization and Tax Reform: An Updated Case for the Importance of Veto Players," with Mark Hallerberg, Politische Vierteljahreschrift, 40, 4: 618-627 (Dezember 1999).


  6. "Internationalization and Changes in Tax Policy in OECD Countries: The Importance of Domestic Veto Players," with Mark Hallerberg, Comparative Political Studies, 31, 3: 321-352 (June 1998).
Current Submissions
"Mobilization and Campaign Finance in Congressional Elections,Information, Ambivalence, and Electoral Choice," with Damon Cann and Michael Ensley. Journal of Politics; revise and resubmit.


"Candidate Perception in a Presidential Election," with Todd Hartman. American Journal of Political Science; under review.

Working Papers
"The Strength of Partisan Attitudes," with Michael Ensley. In preparation for 2005 American Political Science Association Meetings.


"The Relevant Campaign, 2000: Using Panels to Analyze Campaign Effects and the Emergence of Voters' Judgments," with Todd Hartman. Presented at 2005 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Panel 12-11, Communication Effects.


"The Relevant Campaign, 1980: Revisiting the NES Major Panel to Analyze Campaign Effects and the Emergence of Voters' Judgments," with Michael Ensley. Presented at 2005 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Panel 12-2, Information Processing.


"Voter Heterogeneity: Ambivalence, Information, and Congressional Elections," with Howard Lavine. Presented at 2004 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Panel 12-18, U.S. Senate Campaigns and Elections.


"Forecasting House Elections from the Micro-Level." Presented at 2003 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Panel 18-13, Congressional Elections in Time.


"Triumph by Default: Uncontested Elections, Incumbency Advantage, and Selection Bias," with Michael Ensley. Presented at 2003 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings and 2002 American Political Science Association Meetings.


"Renovating the 'Separation-of-Powers' Model of Legislative-Judicial Interactions." Presented at 2002 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings and 2002 American Political Science Association Meetings.


"A Formal Model of Federalist 78"

"Tax Competition in a Federal System: A Race-to-the-Bottom in the States?"

Newspaper Publications

"Blocked by War," with Howard Lavine. Newsday, Sept. 29, 2002. (p. A26, Currents.)

"Why this Congressional District Defied Convention." The Village Times Herald, Nov. 14, 2002. (p. 8.)