I am a professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School in the political economy group.
I study how institutions shape the election and behavior of legislators, particularly focusing on the role of interest groups and money in the political process.
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Peer-reviewed Publications
Julia Payson, Alexander Fouirnaies & Andrew B. Hall (2023): “Decomposing the Source of the Gender Gap in Legislative Committee Service: Evidence from US states” Political Science Research & Methods 11: 191–197. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies & Andrew B. Hall (2022): “How Do Electoral Incentives Affect Legislator Behavior? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures” American Political Science Review 116 (2): 662-676. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies & Anthony Fowler (2022): “Do Campaign Contributions Buy Favorable Policies? Evidence from the Insurance Industry.” Political Science Research & Methods 10: 18-32. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies (2021): “How Do Campaign Spending Limits Affect Elections? Evidence from Great Britain 1885-2019” American Political Science Review 115(2): 395-411. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies (2021): “Do Newspapers Benefit Incumbents? Evidence from Denmark 1849–1915” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 16 (4): 505-532. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies (2018): “When Are Agenda Setters Valuable?” American Journal of Political Science 62(1): 176-191. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies & Andrew B. Hall (2018): “How Do Interest Groups Seek Access to Committees?” American Journal of Political Science 62(1): 132-147. [replication materials]
Pamela Ban, Alexander Fouirnaies, Andrew B. Hall & James Snyder, Jr. (2017): “How Newspapers Reveal Political Power.” Political Science Research & Methods. 7(4): 661-678. [replication materials]
James Feigenbaum, Alexander Fouirnaies & Andrew B. Hall (2017): “The Majority-Party Disadvantage: Revising Theories of Legislative Organization.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 12(3): 269-300. [replication materials]
Alexander Fouirnaies & Hande Mutlu-Eren (2015): “English Bacon: Co-partisan Bias in Intergovernmental Grant Allocation”. Journal of Politics. 77(3): 805-817. [replication materials]
Working Papers
Do Electoral Institutions Affect Legislator Behavior? Evidence from Reapportionments in Japan, 1965-2016 (with Dan Smith)
