We sense that over the past decades norms have shifted with respect to scholarly writing in political science. Specifically, we believe political scientists are more inclined to write in the active voice and use the first person pronoun (I). Yet we are skeptical whether students are following...

Various commentators have focused on the sharp rise in the proportion of decline to state registrants in California (i.e., those who fail to list a party preference on registration forms), declaring that this signals the ascendancy of independent voters. However, in a prior paper for this...

In recent years, choice no-fault has emerged as a popular but controversial proposal for addressing the problem of high automobile insurance rates. Choice plans offer consumers the option of a lower-cost insurance policy with restrictions on filing lawsuits or a higher-cost policy with full tort...