Dean Lacy

Professor of Government
Silsby 302

Dean.Lacy@dartmouth.edu

B.A., University of Virginia
M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

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Recent Publications

• "Affective Forecasting Errors in the 2008 Election: Underpredicting Happiness," with Catherine Norris and Amanda Dumville. Political Psychology 32(2) 2011:235-49.
• "Testing Proximity Versus Directional Voting Using Experiments," with Philip Paolino. Electoral Studies 29 (2010):460-471.
• "A Theory of Issue Linkage and Economic Sanctions: The Roles of Information, Preferences, and Threats," with Emerson Niou, Journal of Politics, 66(1) 2004:25-42.
• "The Origins and Impact of Voter Support for Third-Party Candidates: A Case Study of the 1998 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election," with Quin Monson, Political Research Quarterly, 55(2) 2002: 409-37.
• "Economic Performance, Job Insecurity, and Electoral Choice." with Anthony Mughan, British Journal of Political Science, 32, 3 July 2002: 513-33.
• "Nonseparable Preferences, Measurement Error, and Unstable Survey Responses," Political Analysis, 9(2) 2001:1-21.
• "A Theory of Nonseparable Preferences in Survey Responses," American Journal of Political Science, 45(2) 2001:239-258. [Errata 45(3)]

Research Interests

• Electoral institutions and behavior
• Public opinion
• Political parties
• Congress and the presidency
• Democratic Theory
• Game Theory and methodology

Teaches

• Political Strategy and Decision Making (19)
• American Elections and Voting Behavior (30)
• American Political Behavior (83.19)