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Book
Governing the Tap: Special District Governance and the New Local Politics of Water, MIT Press (2009) (Chapter 1)
Articles
“The Conditional Effect of Specialized Governance on Public Policy,” American Journal of Political Science 52: 124-40 (2008) (PDF)
“Does Voting by Mail Increase Participation? Using Matching to Analyze a Natural Experiment,” with Thad Kousser, Political Analysis 15: 428-45 (2007) (PDF)
“How Postregistration Laws Affect the Turnout of Registrants,” with Raymond E. Wolfinger and Benjamin Highton, State Politics and Policy Quarterly 5: 1-23 (2005) (PDF)
“City Caesars? Institutional Structure and Mayoral Success in Three California Cities,” with Gillian Peele and Bruce E. Cain, Urban Affairs Review 40: 19-43 (2004) (PDF)
Book Chapters and Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
“Special Districts versus Contracts: Complements or Substitutes?” in Self-Organizing Federalism: Collaborative Mechanisms to Mitigate Institutional Collective Action , eds. Richard C. Feiock and John T. Scholz, New York: Cambridge University Press (2009) (PDF)
“Federalism,” in Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversies, eds. Nathaniel Persily, Jack Citrin, and Patrick Egan, New York: Oxford University Press (2008) (PDF)
“California Water: A Case Study in Federalism,” in Governing California , Second Edition, ed. Gerald C. Lubenow, Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press (2006) (PDF)
“Competing for Attention and Votes: The Role of State Parties in Setting Presidential Nomination Rules,” with Bruce E. Cain, in The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns, Fourth Edition, ed. L. Sandy Maisel, Boulder, CO: Westview Press (2002) (PDF)“Strategies and Rules: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Primary,” with Bruce E. Cain, in Voting at the Political Fault Line, eds. Bruce E. Cain and Elisabeth R. Gerber, Berkeley: University of California Press (2002)
“Community Indicators and Healthy Communities,” with Kate Besleme, National Civic Review 86: 43-52 (1997)
Report
“Will Vote-by-Mail Elections Increase Participation? Evidence from California Counties,” with Thad Kousser, report to California county registrars (2006) (PDF)