Publications

2026 The Political Economy of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Nolan McCarty · Center for Open Science · Scholar only — 2025 Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era. By Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024. 336p. Nolan McCarty · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only — 2023 Agenda Control Under Policy Uncertainty Nolan McCarty · American Journal of Political Science 15 2022 Two Decades of Polarization in American State Legislatures Nolan McCarty · Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 76 2021 Economic Concentration and Political Advocacy, 1999–2017 Nolan McCarty · Scholar only 1 2021 Inequality, Identity, and Partisanship: How redistribution can stem the tide of mass polarization Nolan McCarty · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 69 2021 Review of Robert C. Lieberman and Suzanne Mettler. Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy Nolan McCarty · Political Science Quarterly 90 2021 The Political Obstacles to Tackling Economic Inequality in the United States Nolan McCarty · Combating Inequality 0 2020 Polarization and the Changing American Constitutional System: The Case of Federalism Nolan McCarty · Dynamics of American Democracy · needs review 8 2020 Polarization under Rising Inequality and Economic Decline Nolan McCarty · Science Advances 180 2019 Can America Govern Itself? Nolan McCarty · Cambridge University Press 19 2019 Democratic Anxieties Nolan McCarty · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Scholar only — 2019 Democratic anxieties: Present and emergent Nolan McCarty · Can America Govern Itself? · Scholar only — 2019 Developments in congressional responsiveness to donor opinion Nolan McCarty · Can America Govern Itself · Scholar only 8 2019 Learning From Each Other: Causal Inference and American Political Development Nolan McCarty · Public Choice 1 2019 Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know Nolan McCarty · Oxford University Press · needs review 575 2019 Political System Subcommittee Report Nolan McCarty · Stigler Center Committee on Digital Platforms Report — 2019 The Anxieties of American Democracy Nolan McCarty · Can America Govern Itself? · needs review 2 2018 Geography, Uncertainty, and Polarization Nolan McCarty · Political Science Research and Methods · needs review 89 2018 On the Theory of Parties Nolan McCarty · Annual Review of Political Science 109 2018 Pivotal Politics, Political Polarization, and Policy Predictability. Nolan McCarty · The Journal of Politics 11 2017 Regulation and Self-Regulation of a Complex Industry. Nolan McCarty · The Journal of Politics 68 2016 In Defense of DW-NOMINATE. Nolan McCarty · Studies in American Political Development 73 2016 Polarization, Congressional Dysfunction, and Constitutional Change. Nolan McCarty · Indiana Law Review 48 2016 Polarized America: The Dance of Political Ideology and Unequal Riches Nolan McCarty · MIT Press — 2015 Congressional Polarization and Its Connection to Income Inequality: An Update. Nolan McCarty · American Gridlock 17 2015 Consequences of polarization Nolan McCarty · Political negotiation: A handbook · Scholar only · needs review 642 2015 From the Editors in Chief: Parting Words and Wishes Nolan McCarty · Quarterly Journal of Political Science · Scholar only — 2015 Polarization and American Political Development Nolan McCarty · Oxford University Press eBooks · Scholar only 13 2015 Reducing Polarization by Making Parties Stronger Nolan McCarty · Solutions to Political Polarization in America 43 2015 Reducing Polarization: Some Facts for Reformers Nolan McCarty · The University of Chicago Legal Forum 13 2015 Regular Order in Appropriations: Does It Matter? Nolan McCarty · Congress and Policy Making in the 21st Century 16 2015 The Causes and Consequences of Polarization Nolan McCarty · Political Negotiation · needs review 287 2014 A Primary Cause of Partisanship? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology Nolan McCarty · American Journal of Political Science 334 2014 Democracy in America, 2014 Nolan McCarty · Global Policy 18 2014 Five Things the Goldman Tapes Teach Us About Financial Regulation Nolan McCarty · Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog — 2014 Grading the Cromnibus Nolan McCarty · Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog — 2014 What We Know and Don’t Know about Our Polarized Politics Nolan McCarty · Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog 51 2014 Will Loretta Lynch End Too Big To Jail Nolan McCarty · Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog — 2013 Complexity, Capacity, and Capture Nolan McCarty · Preventing Regulatory Capture 88 2013 Political Bubbles: Financial Crises and the Failure of American Democracy Nolan McCarty · Princeton University Press 242 2013 The Political Economy of Immigration Incorporation into the Welfare State Nolan McCarty · Outsiders No More? 5 2013 The Political Roots of Inequality Nolan McCarty · The American Interest — 2013 The Politics of Bad Apples Nolan McCarty · Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog — 2013 Why Hasn’t Democracy Slowed Rising Inequality? Nolan McCarty · Journal of Economic Perspectives 688 2012 Does the US Media Have a Liberal Bias? Nolan McCarty · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only 2 2012 Hate Our Polarized Politics? Why You Can’t Blame Gerrymandering. Nolan McCarty · Washington Post — 2012 Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind Nolan McCarty · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only 1 2012 The politics of the pop: the effects of ideology, partisanship, and interest in the response to the US finance crisis and Great Recession Nolan McCarty · See Bermeo & Pontusson · Scholar only 3 2012 The Politics of the Pop: the U.S. Response to the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession Nolan McCarty · Coping with Crisis: Governmental Reponses to the Great Recession 26