Miriam A. Golden

The Puzzle of Clientelism: Political Discretion and Elections Around the World

Elements in Political Economy, Cambridge University Press, 2023. With Eugenia Nazrullaeva.

Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know

Oxford University Press, 2017. 316 pages. With Raymond Fisman.

Discussed in the New York Times.

Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein: The Political Economy of Inequality, Unions, and Social Democracy

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Edited by David Austen-Smith, Jeffry A. Frieden, Miriam A. Golden, Karl Ove Moene, and Adam Przeworski.

Heroic Defeats: The Politics of Job Loss

Cambridge University Press, 1997. 216 pages.

Why do unions strike when the workers they represent are threatened with job loss in some settings but not others? A comparative investigation using game theory, illustrated in Japan, Italy, Britain, and the United States between 1950 and 1985.

Runner-up, Leubbert Award (APSA Comparative Politics), 1997.

Italian translation.

Bargaining for Change: Union Politics in North America and Europe

Cornell University Press, 1992. 368 pages. Edited by Miriam Golden and Jonas Pontusson.

Labor Divided: Austerity and Working-Class Politics in Contemporary Italy

Cornell University Press, 1988. 320 pages.

1989–90 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Books. Revised from a dissertation receiving the APSA Gabriel A. Almond Award, 1983.

Political Responsiveness, Information Provision, and Capacity Gaps

With Saad Gulzar and Luke Sonnet. Comparative Political Studies, 2025.

The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World's Democracies

With Nick Carnes, Joshua Ferrer, Esme Lillywhite, Noam Lupu, and Eugenia Nazrullaeva. British Journal of Political Science, 2025.

Coverage: The Economist, The House.

Dialogues Across Time: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Democratization

Political Science Quarterly, vol. 140, 2025, pp. 589–606.

Inaccurate Forecasting of a Randomized Controlled Trial

With Mats Ahrenshop, Saad Gulzar, and Luke Sonnet. Journal of Experimental Political Science, vol. 11, 2024, pp. 343–59.

Accidental Cumulation in Studies of Clientelism, Vote Buying, and Governance

In Oxford Handbook of Engaged Methodological Pluralism in Political Science, eds. Box-Steffensmeier, Christenson, and Sinclair-Chapman. Oxford University Press, 2024.

Corruption, Party Leaders, and Candidate Selection: Evidence from Italy

With Raffaele Asquer and Brian Hamel. Legislative Studies Quarterly, vol. 45, 2020, pp. 291–325.

Winner, Jewell-Loewenberg Award, best article in comparative politics in LSQ, 2020.

Corruption and the New Institutional Economics

In A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, eds. Ménard and Shirley. Edward Elgar, 2018.

How to Fight Corruption

With Raymond Fisman. Science, May 26, 2017, pp. 803–4.

Electoral Fraud or Violence: The Effect of Observers on Party Manipulation Strategies

With Joseph Asunka, Sarah Brierley, Eric Kramon, and George Ofosu. British Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, January 2019, pp. 129–51.

Incumbency Effects under Proportional Representation

With Lucio Picci. Legislative Studies Quarterly, vol. 40, 2015, pp. 509–38.

The Institutional Components of Political Corruption

With Paasha Mahdavi. In Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions, eds. Gandhi and Ruiz-Rufino. Routledge, 2015, pp. 404–20.

Electoral Cycles in Electricity Losses in India

With Brian Min. Energy Policy, vol. 65, 2014, pp. 619–25.

Distributive Politics Around the World

With Brian Min. Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 16, 2013, pp. 73–99.

Corruption in the Wealthy World

Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 18.2, Spring/Summer 2012, pp. 75–84.

Domestic and International Causes for the Rise of Pay Inequality in OECD Nations between 1980 and 2000

With Michael Wallerstein. In Comparing European Workers, ed. Brady. Research in Sociology of Work, vol. 22, 2011, pp. 209–49.

Legislative Malfeasance and Political Accountability

With Eric C.C. Chang and Seth J. Hill. World Politics, vol. 62, no. 2, 2010, pp. 177–220.

Coverage: The Economist.

Sources of Corruption in Authoritarian Regimes

With Eric C.C. Chang. Social Science Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1–20.

Pork Barrel Politics in Postwar Italy, 1953–94

With Lucio Picci. American Journal of Political Science, vol. 52, no. 2, 2008, pp. 268–89.

Electoral Systems, District Magnitude and Corruption

With Eric C.C. Chang. British Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, January 2007, pp. 115–137.

Winner, APSA Lawrence Longley Award, best article published in 2007.

Corruption and the Management of Public Works in Italy

With Lucio Picci. In International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, ed. Rose-Ackerman. Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 457–83.

Proposal for a New Measure of Corruption, Illustrated with Italian Data

With Lucio Picci. Economics & Politics, vol. 17, March 2005, pp. 37–75.

Replications: Spain.

Political Corruptions and Consequences

Scholars' Circle Interviews, July 23, 2017.

Business as Usual in Washington?

Oxford University Press blog, June 3, 2017. With Ray Fisman.

The Resilience of Corruption

Podcast with Janice Stein, Disrupting the Global Order, Episode 21, April 10, 2017.

Will the Anti-Trump Protests Expand?

Washington Post Monkey Cage, February 6, 2017. With Ray Fisman.

Just How Badly Can the Trump Administration Corrupt the United States?

Slate, November 29, 2016. With Ray Fisman.

Donald Trump's Dangerous Approach to Taxes

Slate, October 4, 2016. With Ray Fisman.