Jay Michael Goodliffe


Address: Department of Political Science
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah  84602-5545
Phone: (801) 422-9136
Fax: (801) 422-0580
e-mail: goodliffe@byu.edu
web: http://goodliffe.byu.edu

Professional Experience

2005-Present Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2005-Present Research Fellow
Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2005-2006 Visiting Scholar
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1998-2005 Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
2002 Visiting Scholar
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
1997-1998 Instructor
Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1994-1997 Instructor
Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Education

Ph.D. 1998 University of Rochester
Political Science
M.A. 1996 University of Rochester
Political Science
S.B. 1992 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Major/Minor: Aeronautics and Astronautics / Political Science

Research

Articles

"Campaign War Chests and Challenger Quality in Senate Elections." 2007. Legislative Studies Quarterly 32(1): 135-156.

"Explaining Commitment: States and the Convention against Torture," with Darren G. Hawkins. 2006. Journal of Politics 68(2): 358-371.

"When Do War Chests Deter?" 2005. Journal of Theoretical Politics 17(2): 249-277.

"War Chests as Precautionary Savings." 2004. Political Behavior 26(4): 289-315.

"Agenda Setting in Congressional Elections: The Impact of Issues and Campaigns on Voting Behavior," with Owen G. Abbe, Paul S. Herrnson, and Kelly D. Patterson. 2003. Political Research Quarterly 56(4): 419-430.

"The Effect of War Chests on Challenger Entry in U.S. House Elections." 2001. American Journal of Political Science 45(4): 830-844.

Book Chapters

"Campaign Finance in U.S. House Primary and General Elections," with David B. Magleby. 2001. In Congressional Primaries and the Politics of Representation, Peter F. Galderisi, Michael Lyons, and Marni Ezra, editors. Rowman & Littlefield. [Working Paper Version]

"The 1998 Utah Second Congressional District Race." 2000. In Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 1998 Congressional Elections, David B. Magleby, editor. Rowman & Littlefield. [Working Paper Version]

Monograph

"Utah Second District." 1999. In Outside Money: Soft Money & Issue Ads in Competitive 1998 Congressional Elections, David B. Magleby and Marianne Holt, editors. A Report of a Grant Funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Under Review

When Are War Chests Informative?

Norm Enforcement, Dependence Networks and the International Criminal Court (with Darren G. Hawkins, Christine Horne, and Daniel L. Nielson)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Rome: Explaining International Criminal Court Negotiations (with Darren G. Hawkins)

From Goals to Actions: The Dynamics of Cosponsorship Reconsidered (with Lawrence R. Rothenberg and Mitchell S. Sanders)

Works in Progress

Instrumental Variables Estimation Using Quasi-Instrumental Variables, with an Application to Campaign Spending

The Hazards of Time-Varying Covariates

A Model of Campaign Spending in Repeated Elections

Campaign Spending in Congressional Primaries (with David B. Magleby)

Issue Advocacy in Elections


Teaching

Graduate Courses Taught

Data Analysis I
Data Analysis II
Policy Analysis I
Methods of Public Policy Analysis II (co-taught)
Econometrics
Mathematical Modeling (for Political Science)
Mathematical Modeling (for Public Policy)

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Capstone Seminar on Money and Politics
Theories of American Politics
Advanced Methods of Political Analysis
Game Theory in Political Science
Strategy & Politics
Interest Groups
Political Inquiry

Professional Activities

Referee
American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Political Analysis, American Politics Research, Social Science Quarterly, Political Behavior, European Union Politics, Economics and Politics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Institute for Humane Studies, Sage Publications, Prentice-Hall

Dissertation

War Chests in Congressional Campaigns

Dissertation Committee: Professors Randall L. Calvert (chair), David Austen-Smith, Renée M. Smith