Shigeo Hirano
Affiliation
- Faculty Fellow, Department of Political Science
Research
Professor Hirano received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research interests include comparative politics, American political development, political methodology, applied microeconomics, political economy and Japanese politics. Prior to moving to Columbia University in 2005, Professor Hirano taught for two years at New York University and spent a year as a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University.
Selected Work
- "Parties and incumbency cues in voting: Are they substitutes? (joint with James M. Snyder Jr., Stephen Ansolabehere, Michiko Ueda) forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Political Science.
- "The decline of competition in U.S. primary elections, 1908-2004" (joint with James M. Snyder Jr., Stephen Ansolabehere, John Mark Hansen). November 2005 Under Review
- "The incumbency advantage in U.S. primary elections" (joint with James M. Snyder Jr., Stephen Ansolabehere, John Mark Hansen). November 2005 Under review
- "What did the direct primaries do to party loyalty in Congress?" (joint with James M. Snyder Jr., Stephen Ansolabehere) forthcoming in Process, Party and Policy Making: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress, ed. David Brady and Matthew McCubbins, Stanford University Press.
- "The decline of third party voting in the United States (joint with James M. Snyder Jr.) March 2005 Under Review
- "Third Parties, Elections, and Roll Call Votes: The Populist Party in the Late 19th Century U.S. Congress" March 2005 Under Review
- "Where is the incumbent personal vote in Japanese politics?" November 2005
- "Representation, death and public expenditures: Evidence from Japan" August 2005
- "Electoral Institutions, hometowns and favored minorities: Evidence from Japanese electoral reforms." October 2005 Under Review
