{"id":459,"date":"2018-07-13T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:24:50","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/davidlewis\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/10.1086\/730735\">&#8220;Measuring the Impact of Appointee Vacancies on U.S. Federal Agency Performance,&#8221;<\/a> (with Mark D. Richardson and Chris Piper), Journal of Politics, forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Presidential Investment in the Administrative State,&#8221; (with Nick Bednar) <em>American<\/em> <em>Political<\/em> <em>Science<\/em> <em>Review<\/em>, forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2023\/08\/presidential-investment-in-the-administrative-state.pdf\">[download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Independent Agency Myth,&#8221; (with Neal Devins), <em>Cornell Law review<\/em>, forthcoming. [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2023\/08\/SSRN-id4382394.pdf\">download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo Vacancies Hurt Federal Agency Performance?\u201d (with Christopher M. Piper), <em>Journal of Public Administration Research &amp; Theory <\/em>33(2):313-28 (2023). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2022\/06\/vacancies_jpart_final_6_7_22.pdf\">download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2022\/06\/p_l_jpart_online_appendix_060722.pdf\">download supplementary appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the Failed Pandemic Response a Symptom of a Diseased Administrative State?\u201d <em>Daedalus<\/em> 150(3):68-88 (Summer 2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amacad.org\/publication\/failed-pandemic-response-symptom-diseased-administrative-state\" target=\"_blank\">[download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cElections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government,\u201d (with Alexander D. Bolton and John M. de Figueiredo), <em>Journal of Public Administration Research &amp; Theory <\/em>31(2):451-66 (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jpart\/article\/31\/2\/451\/5983893\" target=\"_blank\">[download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Very Best People: President Trump and the Management of Executive Personnel,&#8221; (with Mark D. Richardson) <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 51 (1):51-70 (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/psq.12697-1-3.pdf\">[download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPartisan Procurement: Contracting with the United States Federal Government, 2003-2015,\u201d (with Carl Dahlstrom and Mihaly Fazekas),\u00a0<em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 65(3):652-69.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/ajps.12574\" target=\"_blank\"> [download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public-sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-Off,&#8221; (with Charles M. Cameron and John M. de Figueiredo) <em>Advances in Strategic Management<\/em> 41:111-48 (2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w22966\" target=\"_blank\">[download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidents and Turnover in Regulatory Personnel,\u201d (with Kathleen Doherty and Scott Limbocker) <em>Administration &amp; Society<\/em>, 51:1-25 (2019).<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0095399719875458?journalCode=aasb\" target=\"_blank\"> [download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeconstructing the Administrative State,\u201d <em>Journal of Politics<\/em>, 81(3):767-89 (2019).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/full\/10.1086\/703443\" target=\"_blank\"> [download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Executive Control and Turnover in the Senior Executive Service,\u201d (with Kathleen Doherty and Scott Limbocker) <em>Journal of Public Administration Research &amp; Theory <\/em>29(2):159-74 (2019) [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/ChokePointsPaperFinalweb.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/ChokePointsAppendixFinalreplicable.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump as Manager: Reflections on the First Year.\u201d (with Patrick Bernhard and Emily H. You) <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly <\/em>48 (3):480-501. <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/09\/Lewis_et_al-2018-Presidential_Studies_Quarterly1.pdf\">[Download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cElite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill.\u201d (with Mark D. Richardson and Joshua D. Clinton) <em>Journal of Politics<\/em> 80(1):303-7 (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/richardsonclintonlewis2018.pdf\">[Download paper]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/richardsonclintonlewis2018-online-appendix.pdf\">[Online Appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgency Performance Challenges and Agency Politicization.\u201d (with Abby K. Wood) <em>Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 27(4):581-95 (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/jpart-online-pdf-wood-lewis.pdf\">[Download paper] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/WoodLewis2018-JPART-online-appendix-final.pdf\">[Online Appendix]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical Control and the Forms of Agency Independence.\u201d (with Jennifer L. Selin) <em>George Washington Law Review<\/em> 83(4\/5):1487-1516 (2015).<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/lewisselin.pdf\"> [Download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidents and Patronage.\u201d (with Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr. and Gabe Horton), <em>American Journal of Political Science <\/em>58(4):1024-1042 (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Hollibaugh_et_al-2014-American_Journal_of_Political_Science-1.pdf\">[Download paper] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/presidentsandpatronageonlineappendix.pdf\">[Online Appendix]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/hollibaugh-et-al-policy-brief.pdf\">[Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfluencing the Bureaucracy: The Irony of Congressional Oversight.\u201d (with Joshua D. Clinton and Jennifer L. Selin), <em>American Journal of Political Science <\/em>58(2):387-401 (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Clinton_et_al-2014-American_Journal_of_Political_Science-1.pdf\">[Download paper]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/policy-brief-irony.pdf\"> [Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment Reform, Political Ideology, and Administrative Burden: The Case of Performance Management in the Bush Administration.\u201d (with St\u00e9phane Lavertu and Donald P. Moynihan) <em>Public Administration Review<\/em> 73(6):845-57 (2013).<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Lavertu_et_al-2013-Public_Administration_Review.pdf\"> [Download paper] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/llm-policy-brief.pdf\">[Policy brief]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicy Influence, Agency-Specific Expertise, and Exit in the Federal Service.\u201d (with Anthony M. Bertelli) <em>Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 23(2):223-245 (2013). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/bertellilewis2013.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/bertellilewispolicybrief.pdf\">Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics Can Limit Policy Opportunism in Fiscal Institutions: Evidence from Official General Fund Revenue Forecasts in the American States.\u201d (with George A. Krause and James Douglas) <em>Journal of Policy Analysis and Management<\/em> 32(2):271-95 (2013). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Krause_et_al-2013-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/KLD-JPAM-Supplementary-Appendix-2013.pdf\">Online Appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Invisible Presidential Appointments: An Examination of Appointments to the Department of Labor, 2001-2011.\u201d (with Richard W. Waterman) <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 43 (1): 35-57 (2013). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Lewis_et_al-2013-Presidential_Studies_Quarterly.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Personnel Process in the Modern Presidency.\u201d <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 42(3):577-96 (2012). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/personnel-process-2012-Presidential_Studies_Quarterly.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeparated Powers in the United States.\u201d (with Joshua D. Clinton, Anthony M. Bertelli, Christian Grose, and David C. Nixon) <em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 56(2):341-54 (2012). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Clinton_et_al-2012-American_Journal_of_Political_Science-1.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/clinton-et-al-2012-online-appendix.pdf\">Online Appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Consequences of Presidential Patronage for Agency Performance.\u201d (with Nick Gallo) <em>Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em>. 22(2): 219-243 (2012). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gallolewis2012.pdf\">Download paper]<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gallolewispatronage-performance-supplement.pdf\">Supplementary material<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gallolewispolicybrief.pdf\">Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential Appointments and Personnel.\u201d <em>Annual Review of Political Science <\/em>14 (June):47-66 (2011). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/annurev-polisci-appointments-and-personnel-lewis.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Measurement and Public Service Motivation: New Insights, Old Questions.&#8221; <em>International Public Management Journal<\/em> 13(1):1-10 (2010). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/PSM-Lewis-IPMJ.pdf\">Download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cModern Presidents and the Transformation of the Federal Personnel System.\u201d <em>The<\/em> <em>Forum<\/em>, 7(4): Article 6 (2010). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/lewis-forum-submission.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevisiting the Administrative Presidency: Policy, Patronage, and Administrative Competence.\u201d <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 39 (1):60-73 (2009). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/LEWIS-2009-Presidential_Studies_Quarterly.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagement and Leadership Performance in the Defense Department: Evidence from Surveys of Federal Employees.\u201d (with Major Paul S. Oh, U.S. Army) <em>Armed Forces and Society<\/em> 34(4): 639-661 (2008). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/ohlewis2008.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/ohlewisonline-appendixAFS.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/oh-lewis-military-leadership-policy-brief.pdf\">Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot-So Independent Agencies: Party Polarization and the Limits of Institutional Design.\u201d (with Neal Devins) <em>Boston University Law Review<\/em> 88(2):459-98 (2008). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Not-So-Independent-Agencies_-Party-Polarization-and-the-Limits-of.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpert Opinion, Agency Characteristics, and Agency Preferences.\u201d (with Joshua D. Clinton) <em>Political Analysis<\/em> 16(1):3-16 (2008). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/expert_opinion_agency_characteristics_and_agency_preferences.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToward a Broader Understanding of Presidential Power: A Re-Evaluation of the Two Presidencies Thesis.\u201d\u00a0 (with Brandice Canes-Wrone and William G. Howell) <em>Journal of Politics<\/em> 70(1):1-16 (2008). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/TowardABroader.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/caneswronehowelllewisonlineappendixfinal.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTesting Pendleton\u2019s Premise: Do Political Appointees Make Worse Bureaucrats?\u201d <em>Journal of Politics<\/em> 69(4):1073-88 (2007). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/pendletonspremise.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/pendletonspremiseonlineappendix.pdf\">Online appendix<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Performance Budgeting Work? An Examination of OMB\u2019s PART Scores.\u201d (with John B. Gilmour) <em>Public Administration Review<\/em> 66(5):742-52 (2006). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/Gilmour_et_al-2006-Public_Administration_Review.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical Appointments, Civil Service Systems, and Bureaucratic Competence: Organizational Balancing and Gubernatorial Revenue Forecasts in the American States.\u201d (with George Krause and James Douglas) <em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em> 50(3):770-87 (2006). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/krause-et-al-2006.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessing Performance Budgeting at OMB: The Influence of Politics, Performance, and Program Size.\u201d (with John B. Gilmour) <em>Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory<\/em> 16(2):169-86 (2006). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gilmourlewis2006.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical Appointees and the Competence of Federal Program Management.\u201d (with John B. Gilmour) <em>American Politics Research<\/em> 34(1):22-50 (2006). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gilmourlewisappointees2006.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/gilmourlewis_appointeespolicybrief.pdf\">Policy brief<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaffing Alone: Unilateral Action and the Politicization of the Executive Office of the President, 1988-2004.\u201d <em>Presidential Studies Quarterly<\/em> 35(3):496-514 (2005). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/LEWIS-2005-Presidential_Studies_Quarterly-1.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical Learning from Rare Events: Poisson Inference, Fiscal Constraints and the Lifetime of Bureaus.\u201d (with Daniel C. Carpenter) <em>Political Analysis<\/em> 12(3):201-32 (2004). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/div-class-title-political-learning-from-rare-events-poisson-inference-fiscal-constraints-and-the-lifetime-of-bureaus-div.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Adverse Consequences of the Politics of Agency Design for Presidential Management in the United States: The Relative Durability of Insulated Agencies.\u201d <em>British Journal of Political Science<\/em> 34:377-404 (2004). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/adverse_consequences_of_the_politics_of_agency_design_for_presidential_management_in_the_united_states_the_relative_durability_of_insulated_agencies.pdf\">Download paper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Irrational Escalation of Commitment and the Ironic Labor Politics of the Rust Belt.\u201d (with Glenn Beamer) <em>Enterprise and Society<\/em> 4(4):676-306 (2003). [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2018\/07\/beamerlewis.pdf\">Download paper]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgencies by Presidential Design.\u201d (with William G. Howell) <em>Journal of Politics <\/em>64(4):1095-1114 (2002). 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