Working Papers

Group Talk Brian Libgober and Chris Li

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Brian Libgober and Chris Li "Group Talk."

Who Governs the Association Brian Libgober, Benjamin Egerod, and Sebastian Thieme

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Brian Libgober, Benjamin Egerod, and Sebastian Thieme "Who Governs the Association."

Backlash Against Repression: Evidence from Refugees Fleeing the Former Soviet Bloc Brian Libgober, Valentin Bolotnyy, and Mayya Komisarchik

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Brian Libgober, Valentin Bolotnyy, and Mayya Komisarchik "Backlash Against Repression: Evidence from Refugees Fleeing the Former Soviet Bloc."

Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation Brian Libgober, Daniel Carpenter, Devin Judge-Lord, Chris Kenny, Steve Rashin, Jacob Waggoner, and Susan Webb Yackee

Winner, Herbert Kaufman Award for best paper presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.

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Brian Libgober, Daniel Carpenter, Devin Judge-Lord, Chris Kenny, Steve Rashin, Jacob Waggoner, and Susan Webb Yackee "Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation."

Peer-reviewed Articles

2026

Analysis and Sample-Size Determination for 2K Audit Experiments with Binary Response and Application to Identification of Effect of Racial Discrimination on Access to Justice Nicole Pashley, Brian Libgober, and Tirthankar Dasgupta

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Pashley, Nicole, Brian Libgober, and Tirthankar Dasgupta. 2026. “Analysis and Sample-Size Determination for 2K Audit Experiments with Binary Response and Application to Identification of Effect of Racial Discrimination on Access to Justice.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.10591.

BibTeX

@article{pashley2025audit,
  author = {Pashley, Nicole and Libgober, Brian and Dasgupta, Tirthankar},
  date = {2026},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2503.10591},
  journaltitle = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A},
  title = {Analysis and Sample-Size Determination for 2K Audit Experiments with Binary Response and Application to Identification of Effect of Racial Discrimination on Access to Justice}
}

2026

The Persuasive Effect of Televised Campaign Advertising in the 2016 Presidential Election Arne Holverscheid, Brian Libgober, and Guillaume Pouliot

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Holverscheid, Arne, Brian Libgober, and Guillaume Pouliot. 2026. “The Persuasive Effect of Televised Campaign Advertising in the 2016 Presidential Election.” Research & Politics.

BibTeX

@article{HolverscheidLibgoberPouliot2024,
  author = {Holverscheid, Arne and Libgober, Brian and Pouliot, Guillaume},
  date = {2026},
  journaltitle = {Research & Politics},
  title = {The Persuasive Effect of Televised Campaign Advertising in the 2016 Presidential Election}
}

2025

Beyond Partisan Rhetoric: Institutional Constraints and Local COVID-19 Policies in Brazil Ivan Filipe Fernandes, Gustavo Andrey De Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Michael Touchton, and Brian Libgober

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Fernandes, Ivan Filipe, Gustavo Andrey De Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Michael Touchton, and Brian Libgober. 2025. “Beyond Partisan Rhetoric: Institutional Constraints and Local COVID-19 Policies in Brazil.” Social Science & Medicine 385 (November): 118607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118607.

BibTeX

@article{fernandesPartisanRhetoricInstitutional2025,
  author = {Fernandes, Ivan Filipe and Fernandes, Gustavo Andrey De Almeida Lopes and Touchton, Michael and Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2025-11},
  doi = {10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118607},
  journaltitle = {Social Science & Medicine},
  pages = {118607},
  title = {Beyond Partisan Rhetoric: Institutional Constraints and Local COVID-19 Policies in Brazil},
  url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277953625009384},
  volume = {385}
}

2025

A Comprehensive Dataset of United States Federal Procurement from 1979 to 2023 Aymane Omari, Nasser Alansari, Brian Libgober, and Aaron R. Kaufman

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Omari, Aymane, Nasser Alansari, Brian Libgober, and Aaron R. Kaufman. 2025. “A Comprehensive Dataset of United States Federal Procurement from 1979 to 2023.” Scientific Data 12 (1): 1368. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05714-1.

BibTeX

@article{Omari2025FederalProcurementDataset,
  author = {Omari, Aymane and Alansari, Nasser and Libgober, Brian and Kaufman, Aaron R.},
  date = {2025},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-025-05714-1},
  journaltitle = {Scientific Data},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1368},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  title = {A Comprehensive Dataset of United States Federal Procurement from 1979 to 2023},
  volume = {12}
}

2025

Linking Datasets on Organizations Using Half a Billion Open-Collaborated Records Brian Libgober and Connor T. Jerzak

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Libgober, Brian, and Connor T. Jerzak. 2025. “Linking Datasets on Organizations Using Half a Billion Open-Collaborated Records.” Political Science Research and Methods 13 (4): 923–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2024.55.

BibTeX

@article{Libgober_Jerzak_2025,
  author = {Libgober, Brian and Jerzak, Connor T.},
  date = {2025},
  doi = {10.1017/psrm.2024.55},
  journaltitle = {Political Science Research and Methods},
  number = {4},
  pages = {923--942},
  title = {Linking Datasets on Organizations Using Half a Billion Open-Collaborated Records},
  volume = {13}
}

2024

Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance Brian Libgober and Daniel Carpenter

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Libgober, Brian, and Daniel Carpenter. 2024. “Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance.” Perspectives on Politics 22 (4): 1045–64. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592723002943.

BibTeX

@article{libgoberLawyersLobbyistsRegulatory2024,
  author = {Libgober, Brian and Carpenter, Daniel},
  date = {2024-01-03},
  doi = {10.1017/S1537592723002943},
  journaltitle = {Perspectives on Politics},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1045--64},
  title = {Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance},
  url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1537592723002943/type/journal_article},
  volume = {22}
}

2024

Do Administrative Procedures Fix Cognitive Biases? Benjamin Minhao Chen and Brian Libgober

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Chen, Benjamin Minhao, and Brian Libgober. 2024. “Do Administrative Procedures Fix Cognitive Biases?” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 34 (1): 105–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac054.

BibTeX

@article{chenAdministrativeProceduresFix2024,
  author = {Chen, Benjamin Minhao and Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2024-01-01},
  doi = {10.1093/jopart/muac054},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory},
  number = {1},
  pages = {105--121},
  title = {Do Administrative Procedures Fix Cognitive Biases?},
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/jpart/article/34/1/105/7031689},
  volume = {34}
}

2024

A Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Federal Laws (1789-2022) Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2024. “A Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Federal Laws (1789–2022).” Scientific Data 11 (1): 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02758-z.

BibTeX

@article{libgoberComprehensiveDatasetFederal2024,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2024-01-02},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-023-02758-z},
  journaltitle = {Scientific Data},
  number = {1},
  pages = {16},
  title = {A Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Federal Laws (1789-2022)},
  url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02758-z},
  volume = {11}
}

2024

Optimal Allocation of Sample Size for Randomization-Based Inference from 2K Factorial Designs Arun Ravichandran, Nicole E. Pashley, Brian Libgober, and Tirthankar Dasgupta

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Ravichandran, Arun, Nicole E. Pashley, Brian Libgober, and Tirthankar Dasgupta. 2024. “Optimal Allocation of Sample Size for Randomization-Based Inference from 2K Factorial Designs.” Journal of Causal Inference 12 (1): 20230046. https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2023-0046.

BibTeX

@article{ravichandranOptimalAllocationSample2024,
  author = {Ravichandran, Arun and Pashley, Nicole E. and Libgober, Brian and Dasgupta, Tirthankar},
  date = {2024-02-08},
  doi = {10.1515/jci-2023-0046},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Causal Inference},
  number = {1},
  pages = {20230046},
  title = {Optimal Allocation of Sample Size for Randomization-Based Inference from 2K Factorial Designs},
  url = {https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jci-2023-0046/html},
  volume = {12}
}

2023

What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why) Brian Libgober and Steven Rashin

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Libgober, Brian, and Steven Rashin. 2023. “What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why).” American Politics Research 51 (6): 715–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X231175686.

BibTeX

@article{libgoberWhatPublicComments2023a,
  author = {Libgober, Brian and Rashin, Steven},
  date = {2023-11},
  doi = {10.1177/1532673X231175686},
  journaltitle = {American Politics Research},
  number = {6},
  pages = {715--730},
  title = {What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why)},
  url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532673X231175686},
  volume = {51}
}

2023

The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs: Large-scale, Social Network Imputation of Ideal Points Sahar Abi-Hassan, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Dino P. Christenson, Aaron R. Kaufman, and Brian Libgober

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Abi-Hassan, Sahar, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Dino P. Christenson, Aaron R. Kaufman, and Brian Libgober. 2023. “The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs: Large-scale, Social Network Imputation of Ideal Points.” Political Analysis, no. 3: 396–413. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2022.34.

BibTeX

@article{Abi-Hassan2023,
  author = {Abi-Hassan, Sahar and Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. and Christenson, Dino P. and Kaufman, Aaron R. and Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2023},
  doi = {10.1017/pan.2022.34},
  journaltitle = {Political Analysis},
  number = {3},
  pages = {396--413},
  title = {The Ideologies of Organized Interests and Amicus Curiae Briefs: Large-scale, Social Network Imputation of Ideal Points},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2022.34}
}

2023

Identifying Bureaus with Substantial Personnel Change during the Trump Administration: A Bayesian Approach Brian Libgober and Mark D. Richardson

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Libgober, Brian, and Mark D. Richardson. 2023. “Identifying Bureaus with Substantial Personnel Change During the Trump Administration: A Bayesian Approach.” PloS One 18 (1): e0278458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278458.

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@article{libgober2023identifying,
  author = {Libgober, Brian and Richardson, Mark D.},
  date = {2023},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0278458},
  journaltitle = {PloS one},
  number = {1},
  pages = {e0278458},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA},
  title = {Identifying Bureaus with Substantial Personnel Change during the Trump Administration: A Bayesian Approach},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278458},
  volume = {18}
}

2020

Strategic Proposals, Endogenous Comments, and Bias in Rulemaking Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2020c. “Strategic Proposals, Endogenous Comments, and Bias in Rulemaking.” The Journal of Politics 82 (2): 642–56. https://doi.org/10.1086/706891.

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@article{libgoberStrategicProposalsEndogenous2020,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2020-04},
  doi = {10.1086/706891},
  journaltitle = {The Journal of Politics},
  number = {2},
  pages = {642--656},
  title = {Strategic Proposals, Endogenous Comments, and Bias in Rulemaking},
  url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/706891},
  volume = {82}
}

2020

Meetings, Comments, and the Distributive Politics of Rulemaking Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2020b. “Meetings, Comments, and the Distributive Politics of Rulemaking.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 15 (4): 449–81. https://doi.org/10.1561/100.00018135.

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@article{libgoberMeetingsCommentsDistributive2020,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2020},
  doi = {10.1561/100.00018135},
  journaltitle = {Quarterly Journal of Political Science},
  number = {4},
  pages = {449--481},
  title = {Meetings, Comments, and the Distributive Politics of Rulemaking},
  url = {http://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/QJPS-18135},
  volume = {15}
}

2020

Data and Methods for Analyzing Special Interest Influence in Rulemaking Daniel P. Carpenter, Devin Judge-Lord, Brian Libgober, and Steven Rashin

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Carpenter, Daniel P., Devin Judge-Lord, Brian Libgober, and Steven Rashin. 2020. “Data and Methods for Analyzing Special Interest Influence in Rulemaking.” Interest Groups & Advocacy 9 (3): 425–35. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41309-020-00094-w.

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@article{Carpenter2020,
  author = {Carpenter, Daniel P. and Judge-Lord, Devin and Libgober, Brian and Rashin, Steven},
  date = {2020},
  doi = {10.1057/s41309-020-00094-w},
  journaltitle = {Interest Groups & Advocacy},
  number = {3},
  pages = {425--435},
  title = {Data and Methods for Analyzing Special Interest Influence in Rulemaking},
  volume = {9}
}

Other Publications

2026

Policy and Politics of Payment Systems Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2026. “Policy and Politics of Payment Systems.” In Picking Winners: Citizenship, Central Banks, and Consumer Finance, edited by Lawrence R Jacobs and Desmond King. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197831823.003.0004.

BibTeX

@incollection{libgoberPolicyPoliticsPayment2026,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  booktitle = {Picking Winners: Citizenship, Central Banks, and Consumer Finance},
  date = {2026-04},
  editor = {Jacobs, Lawrence R and King, Desmond},
  isbn = {978-0-19-783178-6},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  title = {Policy and Politics of Payment Systems},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197831823.003.0004}
}

2025

Race and the Political Economy of Civil Justice Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2025. “Race and the Political Economy of Civil Justice.” In Rethinking the Lawyers’ Monopoly, 1st ed., edited by David Freeman Engstrom and Nora Freeman Engstrom. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009528535.004.

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@incollection{libgoberRacePoliticalEconomy2025,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  booktitle = {Rethinking the Lawyers' Monopoly},
  date = {2025-09-18},
  doi = {10.1017/9781009528535.004},
  edition = {1},
  editor = {Engstrom, David Freeman and Engstrom, Nora Freeman},
  isbn = {978-1-009-52853-5 978-1-009-52855-9 978-1-009-52854-2},
  pages = {40--63},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  title = {Race and the Political Economy of Civil Justice},
  url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009528535%23bp4/type/book_part}
}

2023

Administrative Politics with Clear Stakes and Venues: Strategic Commenting upon Federal Reserve Debit Card Regulations Daniel P. Carpenter and Brian Libgober

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Carpenter, Daniel P., and Brian Libgober. 2023. “Administrative Politics with Clear Stakes and Venues: Strategic Commenting Upon Federal Reserve Debit Card Regulations.” In Accountability Reconsidered: Voters, Interests, and Information in US Policymaking. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009168311.019.

BibTeX

@incollection{carpenterAdministrativePoliticsClear2023,
  author = {Carpenter, Daniel P. and Libgober, Brian},
  booktitle = {Accountability Reconsidered: Voters, Interests, and Information in US Policymaking},
  date = {2023},
  doi = {10.1017/9781009168311.019},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  title = {Administrative Politics with Clear Stakes and Venues: Strategic Commenting upon Federal Reserve Debit Card Regulations}
}

2020

Getting a Lawyer While Black: A Field Experiment Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2020a. “Getting a Lawyer While Black: A Field Experiment.” Lewis & Clark Law Review 24 (1): 53–108. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3389279.

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@article{Libgober2019,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2020},
  doi = {10.2139/ssrn.3389279},
  journaltitle = {Lewis & Clark Law Review},
  number = {1},
  pages = {53--108},
  title = {Getting a Lawyer While Black: A Field Experiment},
  volume = {24}
}

2018

Lobbying the Rulemakers with Lawyers: Reflections from the Volcker Rule Daniel P. Carpenter and Brian Libgober

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Carpenter, Daniel P., and Brian Libgober. 2018. “Lobbying the Rulemakers with Lawyers: Reflections from the Volcker Rule.” Extensions.

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@article{Carpenter2018,
  author = {Carpenter, Daniel P. and Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2018},
  issue = {Summer},
  journaltitle = {Extensions},
  title = {Lobbying the Rulemakers with Lawyers: Reflections from the Volcker Rule}
}

2015

Can the EU Be a Constitutional System Without Universal Access to Judical Review? Brian Libgober

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Libgober, Brian. 2015. “Can the EU Be a Constitutional System Without Universal Access to Judical Review?” Michigan Journal of International Law 36 (2): 353.

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@article{Libgober2015a,
  author = {Libgober, Brian},
  date = {2015},
  journaltitle = {Michigan Journal of International Law},
  number = {2},
  pages = {353},
  title = {Can the EU Be a Constitutional System Without Universal Access to Judical Review?},
  volume = {36}
}