Jeffrey L. Jensen
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Political Institutions and Public Choice Program (PIPC)
Department of Political Science
Duke University
 
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PDF Version here.  I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Public Institutions and Public Choice Program (PIPC) in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. 

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science and Program in Political Institutions and Public Choice (PIPC), Duke University, August 2009 - Current

 

Education

 

Ph.D. Politics, New York University, Fall 2009 (Expected)

M.A. Politics, New York University, 2005

B.S. Economics, University of Florida, 1999

 

Dissertation

 

“Democratic Development and Public Goods Spending: a Comparative Politics Approach Using the American States during the Antebellum Period (1789-1860)”

 

Committee: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Chair), Howard Rosenthal, Alastair Smith

 

Areas of Specialization

 

American Politics, Quantitative Methods

 

Areas of Competence

 

International Relations, Comparative Politics

 

Relevant Course Work

 

Quantitative Methods I-III , Times Series-Cross Sectional Methodology, Game Theory I, International Relations, Conflict and Strategy, Comparative Politics, Politics of Economic Growth

 

Publications

 

“The Influence of Federal Laboratory R&D on Industrial Research,” Review of Economics and Statistics, October 2003.  (Coauthors)

 

“Productivity Gains: A Bright New Future?” Economic Commentary. October 2001. (Coauthors)

 

 Working Papers

 

“Endogenous Institutional Change in the Early American States”

 

Presented as a Paper at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association

 

“Audience Costs or Transparency?: A Critical Test of Competing Theories of the Democratic Peace”

 

Dataset

I have created a dataset of state minimum winning coalition size for each state for every ten years of the Antebellum period by using primary sources to locate either the constitutionally mandated rules of apportionment or the original legislation which apportioned representation for each state.  I then combine this information with state-level population data drawn from each federal census.  With this information I am able to estimate the minimum number of adult white males that would guarantee a winning coalition of representatives in that state’s legislature as a share of the state’s adult white male population.

 

Teaching Experience

 

Professor, Quantitative Methods in Political Science, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 (Duke)

Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Methods in Political Science, for 7 semesters, Spring 2005-2008 (NYU)

Teaching Assistant, International Relations, Fall 2004 (NYU)

 Teaching Politics Certificate Program, 2009-2010 (Duke)

Awards and Fellowships

 

McCracken Fellowship, New York University, 2003-2009

Summer Research Funding, New York University, 2003-2009

 

Relevant Experience

 Economic Research Analyst - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1999 – 2001

 

References

 

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Chair)                 Howard Rosenthal

New York University                                   New York University

Department of Politics                                Department of Politics

New York, NY 10012-1119                           New York, NY 10012-1119

(212) 998-3521                                          (212) 998-8512

bruce.buenodemesquita@nyu.edu                 howardrosenthal@nyu.edu