Book
Nall, Clayton (2018). The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities. Cambridge University Press.
*Honorable Mention, Dennis Judd Best Book Award, APSA Urban and Local Politics Section
Available at Cambridge University Press and Amazon.
Interviews: Stanford Report, Angie Coiro Podcast, Talking Headways Podcast, New Books Poli Sci Podcast
Media Coverage: City Lab, Chicago Magazine, Wired, Slate
Reviewed in Journal of Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, and H-Net.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Elmendorf, Christopher S., Clayton Nall, and Stan Oklobdzija (2025). "The Folk Economics of Housing." Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Article
SSRN Working Paper
Media Coverage: The Atlantic, City Journal, Forbes, Reason, Washington Post
Elmendorf, Christopher S., Clayton Nall, and Stan Oklobdzija (2024). "What State Housing Policies Do Voters Want?" Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy.
Article
SSRN Working Paper
Replication Data
Westwood, Sean, Justin Grimmer, Matthew Tyler, and Clayton Nall (2022). "American Support for Political Violence is Lower Than Expected." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Article
Media Coverage: The New York Times
Marble, William and Clayton Nall (2021). "Where Interest Trumps Ideology: Homeownership and Liberal Opposition to Local Housing Development." Journal of Politics.
Article
Media Coverage: The Atlantic, The New York Times
Grimmer, Justin, Eitan Hersh, Marc Meredith, Jonathan Mummolo and Clayton Nall (2018). "Obstacles to Estimating Voter ID Laws' Effect on Turnout." Journal of Politics.
Article
Replication Data
Post-Publication Slides with Updated Replication Data
Media Coverage: Washington Post
Nall, Clayton, Benjamin Schneer and Daniel P. Carpenter (2018). "Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition Canvassing." American Journal of Political Science.
*Winner, AJPS Best Article Award, 2018.
Article
Replication Data
Mummolo, Jonathan and Clayton Nall (2017). "Why Partisans Do Not Sort: The Constraints on Political Segregation." Journal of Politics.
Article
Replication Data
Video from 2014 Marquette University Law School "Dividing Lines" Conference
Media Coverage: The New York Times, The Economist
Hersh, Eitan and Clayton Nall (2016). "The Primacy of Race in the Geography of Income-Based Voting: New Evidence from Public Voting Records."
American Journal of Political Science.
*Winner, Pi Sigma Alpha Prize for Best Paper Presented at the 2013 MPSA Meeting.
*Winner, Emerging Scholar Award, MPSA Annual Meeting, 2013.
Article
Nall, Clayton (2015). "The Political Consequences of Spatial Policies: How Interstate Highways Facilitated Geographic Polarization." Journal of Politics 77(2): 394-406.
Article
Supplementary Information (Online Appendix)
Carpenter, Daniel P., Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, Susan Moffitt, and Clayton Nall (2011). "The Complications of Controlling Agency Time Discretion: FDA Review Deadlines and Postmarket Drug Safety. American Journal of Political Science (14 October 2011).
Article
Imai, Kosuke, Gary King and Clayton Nall (2009). "The Essential Role of Pair Matching in Cluster-Randomized Experiments, with Application to the Mexican Universal Health Insurance Evaluation.'' (with discussions and rejoinder) Statistical Science, Vol. 24, No. 1 (February), pp. 29-53.
Article
King, Gary, Emmanuela Gakidou, Kosuke Imai, Jason Lakin, Ryan T. Moore, Clayton Nall, Nirmala Ravishankar, Manett Vargas, Martha Maria Tellez-Rojo, Juan Eugenio Hernandez Avila, Mauricio Hernandez Avila, and Hector Hernandez Llamas (2009). "Public Policy for the Poor? A Randomised Assessment of the Mexican Universal Health Insurance Programme.'' The Lancet, Vol. 373, No. 9673 (April), pp. 1447-1454.
Article
Nall, Clayton (2018). The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities. Cambridge University Press.
*Honorable Mention, Dennis Judd Best Book Award, APSA Urban and Local Politics Section
Available at Cambridge University Press and Amazon.
Interviews: Stanford Report, Angie Coiro Podcast, Talking Headways Podcast, New Books Poli Sci Podcast
Media Coverage: City Lab, Chicago Magazine, Wired, Slate
Reviewed in Journal of Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, and H-Net.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Elmendorf, Christopher S., Clayton Nall, and Stan Oklobdzija (2025). "The Folk Economics of Housing." Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Article
SSRN Working Paper
Media Coverage: The Atlantic, City Journal, Forbes, Reason, Washington Post
Elmendorf, Christopher S., Clayton Nall, and Stan Oklobdzija (2024). "What State Housing Policies Do Voters Want?" Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy.
Article
SSRN Working Paper
Replication Data
Westwood, Sean, Justin Grimmer, Matthew Tyler, and Clayton Nall (2022). "American Support for Political Violence is Lower Than Expected." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Article
Media Coverage: The New York Times
Marble, William and Clayton Nall (2021). "Where Interest Trumps Ideology: Homeownership and Liberal Opposition to Local Housing Development." Journal of Politics.
Article
Media Coverage: The Atlantic, The New York Times
Grimmer, Justin, Eitan Hersh, Marc Meredith, Jonathan Mummolo and Clayton Nall (2018). "Obstacles to Estimating Voter ID Laws' Effect on Turnout." Journal of Politics.
Article
Replication Data
Post-Publication Slides with Updated Replication Data
Media Coverage: Washington Post
Nall, Clayton, Benjamin Schneer and Daniel P. Carpenter (2018). "Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition Canvassing." American Journal of Political Science.
*Winner, AJPS Best Article Award, 2018.
Article
Replication Data
Mummolo, Jonathan and Clayton Nall (2017). "Why Partisans Do Not Sort: The Constraints on Political Segregation." Journal of Politics.
Article
Replication Data
Video from 2014 Marquette University Law School "Dividing Lines" Conference
Media Coverage: The New York Times, The Economist
Hersh, Eitan and Clayton Nall (2016). "The Primacy of Race in the Geography of Income-Based Voting: New Evidence from Public Voting Records."
American Journal of Political Science.
*Winner, Pi Sigma Alpha Prize for Best Paper Presented at the 2013 MPSA Meeting.
*Winner, Emerging Scholar Award, MPSA Annual Meeting, 2013.
Article
Nall, Clayton (2015). "The Political Consequences of Spatial Policies: How Interstate Highways Facilitated Geographic Polarization." Journal of Politics 77(2): 394-406.
Article
Supplementary Information (Online Appendix)
Carpenter, Daniel P., Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, Susan Moffitt, and Clayton Nall (2011). "The Complications of Controlling Agency Time Discretion: FDA Review Deadlines and Postmarket Drug Safety. American Journal of Political Science (14 October 2011).
Article
Imai, Kosuke, Gary King and Clayton Nall (2009). "The Essential Role of Pair Matching in Cluster-Randomized Experiments, with Application to the Mexican Universal Health Insurance Evaluation.'' (with discussions and rejoinder) Statistical Science, Vol. 24, No. 1 (February), pp. 29-53.
Article
King, Gary, Emmanuela Gakidou, Kosuke Imai, Jason Lakin, Ryan T. Moore, Clayton Nall, Nirmala Ravishankar, Manett Vargas, Martha Maria Tellez-Rojo, Juan Eugenio Hernandez Avila, Mauricio Hernandez Avila, and Hector Hernandez Llamas (2009). "Public Policy for the Poor? A Randomised Assessment of the Mexican Universal Health Insurance Programme.'' The Lancet, Vol. 373, No. 9673 (April), pp. 1447-1454.
Article
Resting Papers
Nall, Clayton and Zachary P. O'Keeffe (2018). "What Did the Interstate Highway Program Do to Urban Neighborhoods?"
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