Bio


Morris P. Fiorina is the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. He received an undergraduate degree from Allegheny College and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, and taught at Caltech and Harvard before joining Stanford in 1998. Fiorina has written widely on American politics, with special emphasis on the study of representation, public opinion and elections. He has published numerous articles and written or edited thirteen books, including: Representatives, Roll Calls, and Constituencies; Congress--Keystone of the Washington Establishment; Retrospective Voting in American National Elections; The Personal Vote (coauthored with Bruce Cain and John Ferejohn); Divided Government; Civic Engagement in American Democracy (co-edited with Theda Skocpol), Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America (with Samuel Abrams and Jeremy Pope), Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics (with Samuel Abrams), Can We Talk: The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics (co-edited with Dan Shea) and most recently, Unstable Majorities. Fiorina has served on the editorial boards of a dozen journals in Political Science, Political Economy, Law, and Public Policy, and from 1986-1990 served as Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the American National Election Studies. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He has received Career Achievement Awards from the American Political Science Association’s Organized Sections on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior, and Political Organizations and Parties.

Academic Appointments


Administrative Appointments


  • Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology (1972 - 1975)
  • Associate Professor, California Institute of Technology (1975 - 1976)
  • Professor, California Institute of Technology (1976 - 1982)
  • Professor, Harvard University (1982 - 1996)
  • Frank Thompson Professor, Harvard University (1996 - 1998)
  • Professor, Stanford University (1998 - 2002)
  • Wendt Family Professor, Stanford University (2002 - Present)
  • Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (1998 - Present)
  • Guest Scholar, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis (1979 - 1980)
  • John M. Olin Visiting Research Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (1987 - 1988)
  • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa Society (2007 - 2008)

Honors & Awards


  • Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Society (1968)
  • Herbert H. Lehman Fellow, New York State (1968-1972)
  • Political Book Award for Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment, Washington Monthly (1977)
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1982-1983)
  • Guggenheim Fellow, Guggenheim (1982-1983)
  • Richard F. Fenno Book Prize for The Personal Vote, American Political Science Association Organized Section (1988)
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Allegheny College (1992)
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Rochester (1999)
  • Philip E. Converse Book Award for Retrospective Voting, American Political Science Association Organized Section (2002)
  • Miller-Converse Lecturer, University of Michigan (2005)
  • Julian Rothbaum Distinguished Lecturer, University of Oklahoma (2005)
  • Harry Eckstein Lecturer, University of California, Irvine (2006)
  • Warren E. Miller Career Achievement Award, American Political Science Association Organized Section (2006)
  • Elected as Harold Lasswell Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science (2008)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA (2013)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on Measuring Civic Engagement and Social cohesion to Inform Policy (2012 - 2013)
  • Vice-President, American Political Science Association (2011 - 2012)
  • Member, Board of Overseers, National Election Studies (2010 - 2013)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, APSA Trust and Development Fund (2003 - 2005)
  • Chair, Selection Committee, PSA Organized Section on Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation Philip E. Converse Book Award (2003 - 2003)
  • Chair, Selection Committee, APSA 2000 Woodrow Wilson Award (2000 - 2000)
  • Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (1998 - 1998)
  • Editorial Board Member, American Politics Research (1997 - 2005)
  • Editorial Board Member, Press/Politics (1996 - Present)
  • Selection Committee Member, Frank Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy (1995 - 1998)
  • Editorial Board Member, Legislative Studies Quarterly (1995 - 1997)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Politics (1993 - 1999)
  • Editorial Board Member, Public Choice (1991 - 2003)
  • Editorial Board Member, Economics and Politics (1988 - 1998)
  • Editorial Board Member, British Journal of Political Science (1986 - Present)
  • Chair, Board of Overseers, National Election Studies (1986 - 1990)
  • Editorial Board Member, Regulation Magazine (1986 - 1989)
  • Editorial Board Member, Studies in American Political Development (1986 - 1989)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (1985 - Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Congress and the Presidency (1984 - Present)
  • Member, Board of Overseers, National Election Studies (1984 - 1992)
  • Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984 - 1984)
  • Council, American Political Science Association (1983 - 1985)
  • Member, Political Science Panel, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (1982 - 1984)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Politics (1978 - 1984)
  • Member, NES/CPS Standing Committee on Congressional Elections Research (1978 - 1978)
  • Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Political Science (1975 - 1985)

Professional Education


  • Ph.D., University of Rochester, Rochester NY, Political Science (1972)
  • M.A., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Political Science (1971)
  • B.A., Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, Political Science (1968)

2023-24 Courses


All Publications


  • South of Somewhere: Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy (Book Review) JOURNAL OF WINE ECONOMICS Book Review Authored by: Fiorina, M. P., Camuto, R. 2023; 18 (3): 271-272
  • How to Cure the Ills of Contemporary American Democracy? A Review Essay POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY Fiorina, M. 2021

    View details for DOI 10.1002/polq.13245

    View details for Web of Science ID 000700838100001

  • Party Polarization in America: The War Over Two Social Contracts (Book Review) CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY-A JOURNAL OF CAPITAL STUDIES Book Review Authored by: Fiorina, M. P. 2018; 45 (3): 346–48
  • Fiorina Responds FORUM-A JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS Fiorina, M. 2017; 15 (1): 203-206
  • Congressional Travels Places, Connections, and Authenticity Foreword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition CONGRESSIONAL TRAVELS: PLACES, CONNECTIONS, AND AUTHENTICITY, 10TH EDITION Fiorina, M. P., Fenno, R. 2017: XI-XII
  • America's Polarized Politics: Causes and Solutions PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS Fiorina, M. P. 2013; 11 (3): 852-859
  • America’s Missing Moderates The American Interest Fiorina, M. P. 2013: 58-67
  • Can We Talk? The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics Fiorina, M. P., Shea, D. M. New York: Pearson. 2013
  • Party Homogeneity and Contentious Politics Can We Talk? The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics Fiorina, M. P. edited by Shea, D. M., Fiorina, M. P. New York: Pearson. 2013: 142–153
  • If I Could Hold a Seminar for Political Journalists ... FORUM-A JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS Fiorina, M. P. 2012; 10 (4): 2-10
  • "The Big Sort" That Wasn't: A Skeptical Reexamination PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS Abrams, S. J., Fiorina, M. P. 2012; 45 (2): 203-210
  • The 2010 Elections: Why Did Political Science Forecasts Go Awry? PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS Brady, D. W., Fiorina, M. P., Wilkins, A. S. 2011; 44 (2): 247-250
  • The Road to (and from) the 2010 Elections POLICY REVIEW Brady, D. W., Fiorina, M. P., Rivers, R. D. 2011: 3-14
  • Reflections on the Study of Congress Oxford Handbook of the American Congress Fiorina, M. P. edited by Schickler, E., Lee, F. E. New York: Oxford. 2011: 861–874
  • The New American Democracy Fiorina, M. P., Peterson, P., Johnson, B., Mayer, W. G. New York: Longman. 2011
  • Where's the Polarization? Controversies in Voting Behavior Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S. edited by Niemi, R. G., Weisberg, H. F., Kimball, D. C. Washington, DC: CQ Press. 2011; 5th: 309–318
  • Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S., Pope, J. New York: Longman. 2010
  • What Should Journalists and Politicians Know The Future of Political Science Fiorina, M. P. edited by King, G., Lehman, K., Nie, N. H. New York: Routledge. 2009: 86–87
  • Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press. 2009
  • Polarization in the American public: Misconceptions and misreadings JOURNAL OF POLITICS Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S. A., Pope, J. C. 2008; 70 (2): 556-560
  • Political polarization in the American public ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S. J. 2008; 11: 563-588
  • A Divider, Not a Uniter—Did It Have to Be The George W. Bush Legacy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Campbell, C., Rockman, B. A., Rudalevige, A. Washington, DC: CQ Press. 2007: 92–111
  • Parties as problem solvers Conference on Promoting the General Welfare - New Perspectives on Government Performance Fiorina, M. P. BROOKINGS INST. 2006: 237–255
  • Disconnected: The Political Class versus the People RED AND BLUE NATION, VOL 1: CHARACTERISTICS AND CAUSES OF AMERICA'S POLARIZED POLITICS Fiorina, M. P., Levendusky, M. S., Nivola, P. S., Brady, D. W. 2006: 49-71
  • Beyond Red & Blue Stanford Magazine Fiorina, M. P. 2006: 58-62
  • Comment: Further Reflections on the Culture War Thesis Is There a Culture War? Fiorina, M. P. edited by Dionne. Jr, E. J., Cromartie, M. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution and Pew Research Center. 2006: 83–89
  • Disconnected: The Political Class versus the People Red and Blue Nation Fiorina, M. P., Levendusky, M. edited by Nivola, P. S., Brady, D. W. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution. 2006
  • Rejoinder to Abramowitz and Jacobson Red And Blue Nation Fiorina, M. P., Levendusky, M. edited by Nivola, P. S., Brady, D. W. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution. 2006: 95–111
  • Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S., Pope, J. New York: Longman. 2006
  • Keystone’ Reconsidered Congress Reconsidered Fiorina, M. P. edited by Dodd, L., Oppenheimer, B. 2005; 8: 159–179
  • Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America Fiorina, M. P., Abrams, S., Pope, J. New York: Longman. 2005
  • Integrating Approaches to the Study of Congress The Evolution of Political Knowledge: Theory and Inquiry in American Politics Fiorina, M. P. edited by Mansfield, E., Sisson, R. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. 2004: 191–194
  • The 2000 US presidential election: Can retrospective voting be saved? BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M., Abrams, S., Pope, J. 2003; 33: 163-187
  • Divided Government Fiorina, M. P. 2003
  • Electoral Politics in the Wake of 9/11 American Government in a Changed World Fiorina, M. P. New York: Longman. 2003: 115–129
  • Parties and partisanship: A 40-year retrospective Conference on Parties and Partisanship Fiorina, M. P. SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. 2002: 93–115
  • Rational Choice in the Study of Politics International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Fiorina, M. P. edited by Smelser, N., Bates, P. Oxford, England: Elsevier. 2002
  • Parties and Partisanship: A Forty Year Retrospective Political Behavior Fiorina, M. P. 2002; 24: 93 - 115
  • Parties, Participation, and Representation in the United States: Old Theories Face New Realities Political Science: The State of the Discipline Fiorina, M. P. edited by Katznelson, I., Milner, H. New York: Norton. 2002: 511–541
  • Keystone' Reconsidered Congress Reconsidered Fiorin, M. P. edited by Dodd, L., Oppenheimer, B. Washington, DC: CQ Press. 2001; 7: 141–162
  • The Nationalization of Electoral Forces Revisited Continuity and Change in House Elections Fiorina, M. P., Brady, D., D'Onofrio, R. edited by Brady, D., Cogan, J., Fiorina, M. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2000
  • Congress in the Era of the Permanent Campaign The Permanent Campaign Fiorina, M. P., Brady, D. edited by Omstein, N., Mann, T. Washington, DC: AEI Press. 2000: 134–161
  • Continuity and Change in House Elections Fiorina, M. P. edited by Brady, D., Cogan, J. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2000
  • Further evidence of the partisan consequences of legislative professionalism AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P. 1999; 43 (3): 974-977
  • A Dark Side of Civic Engagement Civic Engagement in American Democracy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Skocpol, T., Fiorina, M. Washington, DC: Brookings. 1999: 395–425
  • Civic Engagement in American Democracy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Skocpol, T. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. 1999
  • Professionalism, realignment, and representation AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW FIORINA, M. P. 1997; 91 (1): 156-162
  • Voting Behavior Perspectives on Public Choice Fiona, M. P. edited by Mueller, D. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. 1997: 391–414
  • Rational Choice, Empirical Contributions, and the Scientific Enterprise The Rational Choice Controversy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Friedman, J. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,. 1996: 85–94
  • Divided Government Fiorina, M. P. Allyn & Bacon. 1996
  • Looking for Disagreement in All the Wrong Places Nomos 37: Political Order Fiorina, M. P. edited by Shapiro, I., Hardin, R. New York: New York University Press. 1996: 155–166
  • RATIONAL CHOICE AND THE NEW(QUESTIONABLE) INSTITUTIONALISM POLITY FIORINA, M. 1995; 28 (1): 107-115
  • Afterword, But Undoubtedly Not the Last Word Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions Fiorina, M. P. edited by Shepsle, K., Weingast, B. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1995: 303–312
  • RATIONAL CHOICE, EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE CRITICAL REVIEW FIORINA, M. P. 1995; 9 (1-2): 85-94
  • DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAN STATES - A BY-PRODUCT OF LEGISLATIVE PROFESSIONALISM AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW FIORINA, M. P. 1994; 88 (2): 304-316
  • Legislative Incumbency and Insulation Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System Fiorina, M. P., Prinz, T. 1994: 513-527
  • Political Change in the States: Another Example of Unintended Consequences? The New American Politics Fiorina, M. P. edited by Jones, B. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1994: 122–131
  • Response to Born Legislative Studies Quarterly Fiorina, M. P. 1994; 19: 117-125
  • The Electorate in the Voting Booth The Parties Respond Fiorina, M. P. edited by Maisel, L. S. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1993; 2nd: 123–142
  • AN ERA OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY FIORINA, M. P. 1992; 107 (3): 387-410
  • THE VANISHING MARGINALS AND ELECTORAL RESPONSIVENESS BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Ansolabehere, S., Brady, D., FIORINA, M. 1992; 22: 21-38
  • An Era of Divided Government Developments in American Politics Fiorina, M. P. edited by Cain, B., Peele, G. London: Macmillan. 1992: 324–54
  • Term Limits: Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Treatment Allegheny Fiorina, M. P. 1992: 23-25
  • An Era of Divided Government Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica Fiorina, M. P. 1992; 22: 195–232
  • The Marginals Never Vanished? British Journal of Political Science Fiorina, M. P., Ansolabehere, S., Brady, D. 1992; 22: 21-38
  • Divided Government Fiorina, M. P. New York: Macmillan. 1992
  • DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IN THE STATES PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS FIORINA, M. P. 1991; 24 (4): 646-650
  • Elections and Economics in the 1980's Politics and Economics in the Eighties Fiorina, M. P. edited by Alesina, A., Carliner, G. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1991: 17–38
  • The Great Divide The Washington Monthly Fiorina, M. P. 1991; 23: 53-55
  • Formal Models in Political Science Lecturas de Teoria Politica Positiva Fiorina, M. P. edited by Colomer, J. M. 1991: 37–78
  • Divided Government: The Story in the States The Public Perspective Fiorina, M. P. 1991; 3: 21-24
  • Retrospective Voting Political Parties and Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia Fiorina, M. P. edited by Maisel, L. S. New York: Garland. 1991: 959–963
  • Coalition Governments, Divided Governments, and Electoral Theory Governance Fiorina, M. P. 1991; 4: 236-249
  • Divided Government in the States The Politics of Divided Government Fiorina, M. P. edited by Cox, G. W., Kernell, S. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1991: 179–202
  • A Positive Theory of Negative Voting Information and Democratic Processes Fiorina, M. P., Shepsle, K. edited by Ferejohn, J., Kuklinski, J. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. 1990: 219–239
  • ELECTIONS AND REPRESENTATION HENDRICKS SYMP ON THE US SENATE FIORINA, M. P. INST GOVERNMENTAL STUDIES. 1990: 395–399
  • The Electorate in the Voting Booth The Parties Respond Fiorina, M. P. edited by Maisel, L. S. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1990: 116–133
  • Information and Rationality in Elections Information and Democratic Processes Fiorina, M. P. edited by Ferejohn, J., Kuklinski, J. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. 1990: 329–342
  • The Presidency and the Contemporary Electoral System The Presidency, and the Political System Fiorina, M. P. edited by Nelson, M. 1990; 3rd: 443–469
  • THE PROBLEMS WITH PPT - COMMENT JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION FIORINA, M. P. 1990; 6: 255-261
  • The Ruptured Legacy: Presidential-Congressional Relations in Historical Perspective Looking Back on the Reagan Presidency Fiorina, M. P., Brady, D. edited by Berman, L. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1990: 268–287
  • IS NEGATIVE VOTING AN ARTIFACT AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P., SHEPSLE, K. A. 1989; 33 (2): 423-439
  • CONSTITUENCY SERVICE, REPUTATION, AND THE INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE CONF ON HOME STYLE AND WASHINGTON WORK : STUDIES OF CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS ( IN HONOR OF RICHARD F FENNO JR ) Rivers, D., FIORINA, M. P. UNIV MICHIGAN PRESS. 1989: 17–45
  • Formal Theories of Leadership: Agents, Agenda-Setters, and Entrepreneurs Leadership and Politics Fiorina, M. P., Shepsle, K. edited by Jones, B. D. University of Kansas Press. 1989: 17–40
  • Home Style and Washington Work Fiorina, M. P., Rohde, D. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 1989
  • Congress--Keystone of the Washington Establishment Fiorina, M. P. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1989
  • The Reagan Years: Turning to the Right or Groping for the Middle? The Resurgence of Conservatism in Britain, Canada and the United States Fiorina, M. P. edited by Cooper, B., Kornberg, A. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 1988: 430–460
  • The Presidency and the Contemporary Electoral Syste The Presidency, and the Political System Fiorina, M. P. edited by Nelson, M. 1988; 2nd: 411–434
  • The Macro Underpinnings of Micro Research Extension of Remarks (APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter) Fiorina, M. P. 1988: 122-127
  • SOPHISTICATED VOTING AND AGENDA INDEPENDENCE IN THE DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS SETTING AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FEREJOHN, J., FIORINA, M., McKelvey, R. D. 1987; 31 (1): 169-193
  • Alternative Rationales for Restrictive Procedures Journal of Law, Economics and Organization Fiorina, M. P. 1987: 337-343
  • Survey of the State of Party Government in the United States Party Governments: European and American Experiences Fiorina, M. P. edited by Katz, R. Berlin: de Gruyter. 1987: 270–300
  • The Personal Vote: Constituency Service and Electoral Independence Fiorina, M. P., Cain, B., Ferejohn, J. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1987
  • Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power Journal of Law, Economics and Organization Fiorina, M. P. 1986; 2: 33-51
  • Reply to Comment on Cain, Ferejohn, and Fiorina American Political Science Review Fiorina, M. P., Cain, B., Ferejohn, J. 1985; 79: 1175-1176
  • Constituency Service in the United States and Great Britain Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press Fiorina, M. P., Cain, B., Ferejohn, J. edited by Dodd, L., Opperheimer, B. 1985; 3rd: 109–130
  • Group Concentration and the Delegation of Legislative Authority Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences Fiorina, M. P. edited by Noll, R. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1985: 175–197
  • Incumbency and Realignment in Congressional Elections The New Direction in American Politics Fiorina, M. P., Ferejohn, J. edited by Chubb, J., Peterson, P. Washington, DC: Brookings. 1985: 91–115
  • THE CONSTITUENCY SERVICE BASIS OF THE PERSONAL VOTE FOR UNITED-STATES REPRESENTATIVES AND BRITISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Cain, B. E., FEREJOHN, J. A., FIORINA, M. P. 1984; 78 (1): 110-125
  • Flagellating the Federal Bureaucracy The Political Economy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Ferguson, T., Rogers, J. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. 1984: 224–234
  • THE CONSTITUENCY COMPONENT - A COMPARISON OF SERVICE IN GREAT-BRITAIN AND THE UNITED-STATES COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES Cain, B. E., FEREJOHN, J. A., FIORINA, M. P. 1983; 16 (1): 67-91
  • WHO IS HELD RESPONSIBLE - FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE HIBBING-ALFORD THESIS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P. 1983; 27 (1): 158-164
  • FLAGELLATING THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY SOCIETY FIORINA, M. P. 1983; 20 (3): 66-73
  • The Presidency and the Contemporary Electoral System The Presidency, and the Political System Fiorina, M. P. edited by Nelson, M. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. 1983: 204226
  • Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and the General Possibility of a Science of Politics Political Equilibrium Fiorina, M. P., Shepsle, K. edited by Ordeshook, P., Shepsle, K. Boston: Martinus-Nijhoff. 1982: 49–64
  • Congressmen and Their Constituencies: 1958 and 1978 Proceedings of the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Symposium on the U.S. Congress Fiorina, M. P. edited by Hale, D. Boston: Eusey Press. 1982: 33–64
  • LEGISLATIVE CHOICE OF REGULATORY FORMS - LEGAL PROCESS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS PUBLIC CHOICE FIORINA, M. P. 1982; 39 (1): 33-66
  • Control of the Bureaucracy: A Mismatch of Incentives and Capabilities Congress Reconsidered Fiorina, M. P. edited by Dodd, L., Oppenheimer, B. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 2nd. 1981: 332–348
  • Retrospective Voting in American National Elections Fiorina, M. P. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1981
  • SOME PROBLEMS IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF RESOURCE-ALLOCATION IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P. 1981; 25 (3): 543-567
  • Short and Long Term Effects of Economic Conditions on Individual Voting Decisions Contemporary Political Economy Fiorina, M. P. edited by Hibbs, D., Fassbender, H. Amsterdam: North-Holland. 1981: 73–100
  • Universalism, Reciprocity, and Distributive Policy Making in Majority Rule Institutions Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management Fiorina, M. P. edited by Crecine, J. P. JAI Press. 1981: 197–221
  • THE DECLINE OF COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN AMERICAN-POLITICS DAEDALUS FIORINA, M. P. 1980; 109 (3): 25-45
  • The Causes and Consequences of Divided Government: Lessons of 1992-94 Divided Government: Change, Uncertainty, and the Constitutional Order Fiorina, M. P., Herzberg, R. Q., McNamara, P. edited by Galderisi, P. Landham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 1980
  • A Nonequilibrium Approach to Legislative Decision Theory Behavioral Science Fiorina, M. P., Ferejohn, J., Packel, E. 1980; 25: 140 - 148
  • HOUSE IS NOT A HOME - BRITISH MPS IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY Cain, B. E., FEREJOHN, J. A., FIORINA, M. P. 1979; 4 (4): 501-523
  • Candidate Preference Under Uncertainty The Electorate Reconsidered Fiorina, M. P., Weisberg, H. edited by Pierce, J., Sullivan, J. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. 1979: 237–256
  • Comments Collective Decision Making Fiorina, M. P. edited by Russell, C. S. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 1979: 46–51
  • MAJORITY-RULE MODELS AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS JOURNAL OF POLITICS FIORINA, M. P., NOLL, R. G. 1979; 41 (4): 1081-1104
  • Control of the Bureaucracy: A Mismatch of Incentives and Capabilities The Presidency and the Congress: A Shifting Balance of Powers? Fiorina, M. P. 1979: 124 - 142
  • Voters, Legislators and Bureaucracy: Institutional Design in the Public Sector American Economic Review Proceedings and Papers Fiorina, M. P., Noll, R. 1978
  • Toward a Theory of Legislative Decision Game Theory and Political Science Fiorina, M. P., Frejohn, J., Weisberg, H. edited by Ordeshook, P. C. New York: New York University Press. 1978: 165–190
  • Economic Retrospective Voting in American National Elections: A Micro-Analysis American Journal of Political Science Fiorina, M. P. 1978; 22: 426 - 443
  • The Incumbency Factor Public Opinion Fiorina, M. P. 1978: 42-44
  • Voters, Bureaucrats, and Legislators: A Rational Choice Perspective on the Growth of Bureaucracy Journal of Public Economics Fiorina, M. P., Noll, R. 1978; 9: 239 - 254
  • Committee Decisions Under Majority Rule: An Experimental Study American Political Science Review Fiorina, M. P., Plott, C. 1978; 72: 575 - 598
  • An Outline for a Model of Party Choice Lecturas de Teoria Politica Positiva Fiorina, M. P. 1977; 21: 339 - 376
  • The Case of the Vanishing Marginals: The Bureaucracy Did It American Political Science Review Fiorina, M. P. 1977; 71: 177 - 181
  • OUTLINE FOR A MODEL OF PARTY CHOICE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P. 1977; 21 (3): 601-625
  • Congress--Keystone of the Washington Establishment Fiorina, M. P. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1977
  • VOTING DECISION - INSTRUMENTAL AND EXPRESSIVE ASPECTS JOURNAL OF POLITICS FIORINA, M. P. 1976; 38 (2): 390-413
  • Partisan Loyalty and the Six Component Model Political Methodology Fiorina, M. P. 1976; 3: 7 - 18
  • CLOSENESS COUNTS ONLY IN HORSESHOES AND DANCING AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW FEREJOHN, J. A., FIORINA, M. P. 1975; 69 (3): 920-925
  • Constituency Influence: A Generalized Model and Its Implications for Statistical Studies of Roll Call Behavior Political Methodology Fiorina, M. P. 1975; 2: 249-266
  • FORMAL MODELS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FIORINA, M. P. 1975; 19 (1): 133-159
  • Historical Change in House Turnover Change in Congress Fiorina, M. P., Rohde, D., Wissel, P. 1975
  • PURPOSIVE MODELS OF LEGISLATIVE BEHAVIOR AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW FEREJOHN, J. A., FIORINA, M. P. 1975; 65 (2): 407-414
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